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    ‘I was hitting him with straight haymakers, dog’: Tyre Nichols police beating video released

    by Libor Jany, Noah Goldberg and James Queally, Los Angeles Times Jan 27, 2023 7 minutes
    Police in Memphis, Tennessee, placed Tyre Nichols by a police cruiser after he was beaten.

    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.

    The video — which includes numerous angles from police body-camera footage — shows the violent encounter between Nichols and police during his Jan. 7 arrest, which stemmed from a traffic stop.

    The footage formed the basis of murder charges that were filed Thursday against five Memphis police officers from the department’s now-embattled “SCORPION” unit.

    Before the footage was released Friday, Nichols’ family called for peaceful protests.

    RowVaughn Wells — Nichols’ mother — made the plea at a candlelight vigil Thursday and at a Friday news conference in honor of her 29-year-old son, who died Jan. 10 after a violent arrest by police that left him in the hospital.

    “When that tape comes out (Friday), it’s going to be horrific. But I want each and every one of you to protest in peace. If you guys are here

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