San Francisco protestors and law enforcement call for justice in Memphis police beating of Tyre Nichols

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Protestors marched downtown in San Francisco, shouting their support for the family of Tyre Nichols and their horror at the video footage released Friday showing Nichols being beaten by Memphis police during a traffic stop on Jan. 7.. Nichols died in a hospital three days later.

release of four video clips, totaling about an hour of footage, by Memphis police"I did see clips of the video. I could not stomach the whole video," Stephanie Gentry, one of the protestors who spoke at the march and rally.

Protestors carried signs calling for "Justice for Tyre" and demanding a change in police culture and an end to police brutality. A fourth officer later walks up and with a swift action and extends a telescoping baton. He beats Nichols three times in the back with the stick while other officers hold him.

Video 4: Footage from another police body camera shows an officer pulling up at the second site and chasing what appears to be Nichols around 8:32 p.m.Attorneys for the five former police officers expressed concern about getting a fair trial. Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills, Emmitt Martin, Justin Smith, and Tadarrius Bean are the officers facing charges.

Many protestors said it didn't matter to them whether the officers were all Black or, in other cases, if the officers are white.

 

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Cops were arrested and Fired. Task force was dissolved. Charges were filed. Those People STILL looted Memphis. I have no faith in society

Is there any protest or call for justice when the Asian elders were randomly beaten to death by violent black people? No

What does it look like, the justice? What do they want that's not being done?

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