'Horrific' video shows Tyre Nichols shocked, pepper-sprayed and restrained while returning home from a park where he was taking photos of the sunset
After Nichols was pulled over, “an altercation” ensued in which officers doused him with pepper spray, and Nichols tried to flee on foot, Mulroy said. “There was another altercation at a nearby location at which the serious injuries were experienced by Mr. Nichols.”
The video to be released on Friday evening is expected to include footage captured by body-worn cameras, cameras mounted on dashboards of police vehicles and security cameras on utility poles in the vicinity. “What happened here does not at all reflect proper policing,” he said. “This was wrong. This was criminal.”
But Romanucci said in a CNN interview on Thursday that a medical examination commissioned by the family found Nichols was severely beaten. Two members of the Memphis Fire Department involved in the response have been relieved of their duties pending a separate inquiry. Blake Ballin, a lawyer for Mills, said his client was “devastated to find himself charged with a crime.” Ballin also said it might be another two weeks before the defendants make their initial court appearances.
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