First published at 07:01 UTC on January 28th, 2023.
Is this another example of systemic racism or just another example of blacks behaving like blacks? Who or what is to blame for the sudden violent culture in America? Even when blacks are given everything a first world society can offer, they still a…
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Is this another example of systemic racism or just another example of blacks behaving like blacks? Who or what is to blame for the sudden violent culture in America? Even when blacks are given everything a first world society can offer, they still act like this.
Officers tased, pepper sprayed and brutally beat 29-year-old Tyre Nichols during a Jan. 7 traffic stop, according to video footage released by the city of Memphis Friday.
The footage, which comes from a SkyCop camera and officers' body cameras, is split into four videos.
Police can be heard yelling at Nichols to get out of his car and forcibly removing him from the car.
The video has been described by law enforcement and attorneys for Nichols' family as "absolutely appalling," "alarming," and "unconscionable."
The videos show officers kicking Nichols at least twice in the face, striking him at least three or four times with a baton in the upper body area, punching him at least four times to the face, punching him at least two more times to the upper body area and kicking him at least twice in the abdomen.
The first video is from an officer’s body camera and lasts about 11 minutes. It shows officers pulling Nichols out of a car at Raines and Ross roads as he yells, “I didn’t do anything.”
“Get on the fuckin’ ground,” an officer yells. “I’m gonna tase your ass.”
“I’m on the ground, I’m on the ground,” Nichols yells.
An officer can also be heard saying the words “break your shit.”
“You guys are really doing a lot now,” Nichols says. “I’m just trying to go home.”
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