A lawyer for the family of a Black man who died at a hospital three days after a confrontation with police during a traffic stop says video of the encounter shows it was “violent” and “troublesome on every level.”
This combo of images provided by the Memphis Police Department shows from top left, officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, and bottom from left, officers Desmond Mills, Jr. and Justin Smith. Memphis was on edge Monday, jan. 23, 2023 ahead of the possible release of video footage of a Black man's violent arrest that has led to three separate law enforcement investigations and the firings of these five police officers after he died in a hospital. MEMPHIS, Tenn.
“Regrettably, it reminded us of Rodney king video. ... And unlike Rodney King, Tyre didn’t survive,” he said. “My son died on Jan. 7. The doctors pulled the plug on Jan. 10,” Nichols' mother, RowVaughn Wells said Monday.
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