The police chief of Memphis, Tennessee has described the circumstances surrounding the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died three days after a 7 January encounter with police, as “heinous, reckless, and inhumane”.
“Aside from being your chief of police, I am a citizen of this community, we share; I am a mother, I am a caring human being who wants the best for all of us; this is not just a professional failing,” CJ Davis said in a video statement released on YouTube.