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Video shows Memphis police officers kicking, beating Tyre Nichols

Video shows Memphis police officers kicking, beating Tyre Nichols

ALYSSA POINTER and STEVE GORMAN TYRE Nichols repeatedly cried, "Mom! Mom!” as the five Memphis police officers now charged with the Black motorist's murder pummeled him with kicks, punches and baton blows after a Jan. 7 traffic stop, video released by the city on Friday showed. The video from police body-worn cameras and a camera mounted on a utility pole were posted online a day after the officers were charged with second-degree murder, assault, kidnapping, official misconduct and oppression in Nichols' death. The officers, all Black, were dismissed from the police department last week. Nichols, 29, was hospitalized and died of…
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Five ex-Memphis police officers charged with murder in death of Tyre Nichols

Five ex-Memphis police officers charged with murder in death of Tyre Nichols

TYLER CLIFFORD FIVE former Memphis police officers were charged with murder in the death of a Black motorist, Tyre Nichols, from injuries he sustained in a violent encounter following a traffic stop, prosecutors said. Nichols, a 29-year-old father, died while hospitalized on January 10, three days after the confrontation during his arrest by the five police officers. Officials were expected on Friday evening to release police body-worn camera video of the incident, which a lawyer for Nichols' family likened to the notorious footage of Los Angeles police officers beating Black motorist Rodney King more than 30 years ago. "We're here…
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GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY! Chauvin convicted 3 times

GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY! Chauvin convicted 3 times

JONATHAN ALLEN, NATHAN LAYNE and GABRIELLA BORTER FORMER Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murdering George Floyd, a milestone in the fraught racial history of the United States and a rebuke of law enforcement's treatment of Black Americans. A 12-member jury found Chauvin, 45, guilty of all three charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter after considering three weeks of testimony from 45 witnesses, including bystanders, police officials and medical experts. Deliberations began on Monday and lasted just over 10 hours. In a confrontation captured on video, Chauvin, a white veteran of the police force, pushed…
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