Nichols, 29, died three days after Memphis police pulled him over and allegedly beat him. Video of the encounter will be released after 6 p.m. local time Friday.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Five former Memphis police officers were indicted Thursday on murder charges in the death of Tyre Nichols, whose beating after a traffic stop was captured on video that “sickened” a top Tennessee law enforcement official.

Police had said that Nichols was supposedly stopped for reckless driving, but Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis said early Friday morning an investigation and review of available camera footage had found "no proof" of that.

Random Dude wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 10:02 am

hanno wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 9:52 am I watched the videos this morning. Absolutely appalling! The "officers" looked like they were recruited from the hood. Seems pretty much anyone can become a cop in the US? These guys were pissed off at having to chase Nichols and managing to spray themselves with pepper spray and decided to give a back alley smack down.

People will say 'but he shouldn't have run". And generally, they'd be right, if you run from the cops, resist arrest, etc you can expect to get dealt with more severely. But that poor guy probably knew what the local cops were like, realized he was going to be the next statistic, and panicked. Can't say I blame him for trying to run.

hanno wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 9:52 am I watched the videos this morning. Absolutely appalling! The "officers" looked like they were recruited from the hood. Seems pretty much anyone can become a cop in the US? These guys were pissed off at having to chase Nichols and managing to spray themselves with pepper spray and decided to give a back alley smack down.

After the first officer roughly pulls Nichols out of a car, Nichols can be heard saying, “I didn’t do anything,” as a group of officers begins to wrestle him to the ground.

One officer is heard yelling, “Tase him! Tase him!”

Nichols calmly says, “OK, I’m on the ground.”

“You guys are really doing a lot right now,” Nichols says. “I’m just trying to go home.”

“Stop, I’m not doing anything,” he yells moments later.

Nichols can then be seen running as an officer fires a Taser at him. The officers then start chasing Nichols.

Other officers are called, and a search ensues before Nichols is caught at another intersection. The officers beat him with a baton, and kick and punch him.

Security camera footage shows three officers surrounding Nichols as he lies in the street cornered between police cars, with a fourth officer nearby.

Two officers hold Nichols to the ground as he moves about, and then the third appears to kick him in the head. Nichols slumps more fully onto the pavement with all three officers surrounding him. The same officer kicks him again.

The fourth officer then walks over, draws a baton and holds it up at shoulder level as two officers hold Nichols upright, as if he were sitting.

“I’m going to baton the f— out you,” one officer can be heard saying. His body camera shows him raise his baton while at least one other officer holds Nichols. The officer strikes Nichols on the back with the baton three times in a row.

The other officers then appear to hoist Nichols to his feet, with him flopping like a doll, barely able to stay upright.

An officer then punches him in the face, as the officer with the baton continues to menace him. Nichols stumbles and turns, still held up by two officers. The officer who punched him then walks around to Nichols’ front and punches him four more times. Then Nichols collapses.

Two officers can then be seen atop Nichols on the ground, with a third nearby, for about 40 seconds. Three more officers then run up, and one can be seen kicking Nichols on the ground.

As Nichols is slumped up against a car, not one of the officers renders aid. The body camera footage shows a first-person view of one of them reaching down and tying his shoe.

It takes more than 20 minutes after Nichols is beaten and on the pavement before any sort of medical attention is provided, even though two fire department officers arrived on the scene with medical equipment within 10 minutes.

Throughout the videos, officers make claims about Nichols’ behavior that are not supported by the footage or that the district attorney and other officials have said did not happen. In one of the videos, an officer claims that during the initial traffic stop Nichols reached for his gun before fleeing and almost had his hand on the handle, which is not shown in the video.

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 11:48 am police were never really god guys …… but these guys take it to another level: and than lied to boot