The brutality shown in videos released Friday of Memphis, Tennessee, police officers beating Tyre Nichols was roundly condemned by law enforcement use-of-force experts as indefensible and “sadistic.”
“This is far worse than Rodney King,” said Ed Obayashi, a Northern California sheriff’s deputy and use-of-force expert. “This is as bad as it gets.
“They are fighting with him during the initial traffic stop,” Obayashi said. “You can tell they are, their agitation level is way high. They are yelling f this and f that.”
