US: protests break out in Memphis after video shows police beating Tyre Nichols

Updated : Jan 30, 2023 13:25
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AP

Protests flared up all around the US including in Memphis as the video of Tyre Nichols being beaten was released.

Memphis authorities released video footage Friday showing Tyre Nichols being beaten by police officers who held the Black motorist down and repeatedly struck him with their fists, boots and batons as he screamed for his mother and pleaded, "I just want to go home."

The video is filled with violent moments showing the officers, who are also Black, chasing and pummeling Nichols and leaving him on the pavement propped against a squad car as they fist-bumped and celebrated their actions.

The footage emerged one day after the officers were charged with murder in Nichols' death.

Also watch: Five US police officers charged with murder over fatal beating of man

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