The video released Friday renewed questions about how fatal encounters with police continue even after repeated calls for change
The nation and the city of Memphis struggled to come to grips Saturday with video showing police pummelling Tyre Nichols – footage that left many unanswered questions about the traffic stop involving the Black motorist and about other law enforcement officers who stood by as he lay motionless on the pavement.
Rodney Wells, Nichols’ stepfather, said the family would “continue to seek justice and get some more officers arrested.” He said several others failed to render aid, making them “just as culpable as the officers who threw the blows.” “I cried,” said protester Christopher Taylor, a Memphis native who said the officers appeared to be laughing as they stood around after the beating.
In an AP interview Friday, she said she would not shut down a unit if a few officers commit “some egregious act” and because she needs that unit to continue to work.A few hours later, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said the unit has been inactive since the Jan. 7 arrest. “We don’t know what happened,” she said, adding, “All we know is the amount of force that was applied in this situation was over the top.”
Other officers are called, and a search ensues before Nichols is caught at another intersection. The officers beat him with a baton, and kick and punch him. His body camera shows him raise his baton while at least one other officer holds Nichols. The officer strikes Nichols on the back with the baton three times in a row.
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