Video showing five Memphis officers beating a black man has been made public after they were charged with murder after the death of Tyre Nichols. The footage shows Mr Nichols being held down, struck by the black officers and screaming for his mother as the police savagely beat the 29-year-old FedEx worker for three minutes.
The Nichols family legal team has likened the assault to the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King. Cities across the country braced for large demonstrations, with Mr Nichols’ relatives urging supporters to protest peacefully.
“This young man, by definition of the law in this state, was terrorised. Not by one, not by two, but by five officers who we now know… acted in concert with each other,” said attorney Antonio Romanucci, who represents Mr Nichols’ family.
