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    In the city where Tyre Nichols was killed, some refuse to watch beating video that 'exploits' Black grief

    by Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times Jan 30, 2023 6 minutes
    Protesters block traffic as they rally against the fatal police assault of Tyre Nichols, in Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 27, 2023.

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. — When it came time for Memphis officials to release graphic footage from the police beating of Tyre Nichols, Amber Sherman couldn't stand to watch.

    As the video was being released at 6 p.m. Friday, Sherman and other protesters gathered outside the headquarters of the Memphis police's organized crime unit, then headed south, reaching a highway and blocking a major bridge. Shouting into a bullhorn, she told the other protesters that they didn't need to see the images because ​they already knew what they showed:

    Pain. Terror. Helplessness. The sight of yet another Black body writhing under the ​blows of police fists and boots.

    The shaky video of the Jan. 7 traffic stop in southeast Memphis sparked a national outcry. Local community leaders and President Biden condemned the actions of the five officers who dragged the 29-year-old Nichols from his car, punching, kicking, pepper-spraying and using a Taser on him as he pleaded for

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