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Memphis releases graphic video of Tyre Nichols’ brutal beating; family calls for peaceful protest

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The city of Memphis released nearly an hour of graphic video Friday evening showing the beating of Tyre Nichols, footage capturing the moment-by-moment developments of a traffic stop that spiraled into a savage display of force, once again leaving an American city reeling from police violence.

Los Angeles Times

Memphis’ police chief was once fired from, then reinstated to, Atlanta Police Department

ATLANTA — The chief of Memphis’ police department had a lengthy career in Atlanta that nearly ended with her 2008 firing in connection with a botched investigation involving the husband of a police sergeant.

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'Acts that defy humanity:' 3 essential reads on police brutality, race and the power of video evidence

In the case of the five Black, former Memphis police officers accused of murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, justice has moved quickly.

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‘I’m just trying to go home’: Tyre Nichols heard pleading in released video

The grisly footage, released in four parts, indicates an ambulance did not arrive for more than 20 minutes after the vicious beating

The Guardian - US

Tyre Nichols: Memphis braced for release of police beating video

Father died in US city three days after confrontation with five officers

Evening Standard

Mother of Tyre Nichols calls for peaceful protests when ‘horrific’ video is released

MEMPHIS, Tennessee — The mother of Tyre Nichols called for peaceful protests in anticipation of the release of video of her son’s fatal beating by Memphis police that led to murder charges against five officers.

Los Angeles Times

Watch: Tyre Nichols’ family hold press conference ahead of bodycam video release

The family of Tyre Nichols held a press conference to react to charges against the police officers involved in his death.

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Memphis police chief: Video of Tyre Nichols arrest shows acts that "defy humanity"

She said, in her assessment, the video is worse than footage from the 1991 beating of Rodney King.

Axios

District attorney says 5 Memphis officers are ‘all responsible’ for Tyre Nichols’ death

Five Memphis police officers are accused of beating motorist Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop Jan. 7. Nichols later died. The officers, who are all black, have been fired.

Chicago Sun-Times

Officer fired over Tyre Nichols death was sued for beating prison inmate unconscious in 2016

Inmate claims corrections officers slammed him face first into sink and floor

The Independent UK

Tyre Nichols video: Memphis officials condemn five arrested officers’ ‘criminal’ actions – latest

Tyre Nichols, 29, died on 10 January, three days after traffic stop turned into confrontation with officers

The Independent UK

Tyre Nichols – latest: Autopsy released as police bodycam video shows officers beat him ‘like Rodney King’

Nichols, 29, died on 10 January, three days after traffic stop turned into confrontation with officers

The Independent UK

Dad dies after being beaten like 'human pinata' by police officers

A father who died after he was pulled over during a traffic stop was treated like a "pinata" by police officers who beat him to death, according to his family's attorneys

Daily Mirror

‘Nonstop beating’: Family seeks justice in fatal US traffic stop

Officers beat motorist Tyre Nichols for three minutes leading to his death, family says after seeing video of incident.

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Attorneys liken Tyre Nichols’ Memphis arrest to Rodney King beating

Attorneys for the family of a Black motorist who died after a violent encounter with Memphis police say officers beat Tyre Nichols for 3 minutes in a “savage” encounter like the 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King.

The Independent UK

Tyre Nichols - live: Family say bodycam video shows Memphis police beating him like Rodney King before death

Nichols, 29, died on 10 January, three days after traffic stop turned into confrontation with officers

The Independent UK

Family say Tyre Nichols was beaten ‘like a human piñata’ in Memphis police ‘murder’

High-profile attorney Ben Crump called bodycam footage of his death “appalling, deplorable and heinous.”

The Independent UK

Civil rights lawyer John Burris confronts police narratives

Civil rights lawyer John Burris is Northern California's go-to attorney when it comes to police brutality

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Nick Cave walks through the highlights of ‘Forothermore’ at the MCA, his first major career retrospective

CHICAGO — Thirty years ago, when Nick Cave made his first Soundsuit — creating the foundation of what would become hundreds of signature costumes and sculptures, assembled with beads, old toys, stuffed animals, synthetic hair and sequins — he wrote in his journal that he was “working toward what I’m…

Chicago Sun-Times

Nick Cave MCA show takes a deep dive into his life’s work

“Forothermore,” which features more than 75 works and stretches back to 1989 and Cave’s first post-student creations, is billed as his most comprehensive career survey to date and his largest show ever in Chicago.

Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: Don't kid yourself. The riots that shocked us 30 years ago could easily happen again

Thirty years ago, the Venice enclave of Oakwood was one of the few residential neighborhoods beset by widespread rioting after four Los Angeles police officers were acquitted in the beating of Rodney King.

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Korean American leaders look back on the 1992 LA Riots to create new priorities

In Los Angeles, Korean American leaders have been marking 30 years since riots tore apart the city following the beating of Rodney King. Korean-run businesses were disproportionately destroyed.

WEKU

The L.A. Riots, 30 years later

After Los Angeles exploded three decades ago, some things have changed and so much remains the same.

Los Angeles Times

LA riots are remembered 30 years later with hope and pessimism

LOS ANGELES — For months, Hyepin Im thought about calling Shinese Harlins-Kilgore, but she couldn’t work up the courage.

Los Angeles Times

LA residents deeply pessimistic about race relations 30 years after riots, poll finds

LOS ANGELES — Kenyana Booker was born the year before the 1992 uprising that followed the acquittal of police officers caught on video beating Rodney King.

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