Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, at a news conference Friday in Memphis, Tenn., speaks with RowVaughn Wells, whose son Tyre Nichols died after being beaten by police officers.
(Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)
Five Memphis police officers were released from jail early Friday after they were charged Thursday with second-degree murder in the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, during a Jan. 7 traffic stop in Memphis.
Nichols died in a hospital three days later.
The city of Memphis released nearly an hour of graphic video Friday evening that shows the blow-by-blow of a traffic stop that spiraled into a savage display of force, leaving an American city reeling from police violence once again.
Tyre Nichols is removed from his car during a Jan. 7 encounter with Memphis police.
(City of Memphis)
NYPD officers arrest a person in a crowd of protesters Friday night after the release of a video showing the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.
(Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images)
A protester confronts LAPD officers near City Hall after crowds became unruly following a vigil for Tyre Nichols Friday night.
(Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)
Tyre Nichols is pepper-sprayed by an officer.
(City of Memphis via Associated Press)
A shadow of a person is cast over picket signs at the LAPD headquarters in Los Angeles on Saturday when over 50 protesters made their voices heard a day after the release of a video of Tyre Nichols being beaten by Memphis police officers.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
LAPD officers keep protesters from advancing at an intersection in downtown Los Angeles after crowds became unruly following a vigil for Tyre Nichols.
(Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)
Police shine a light on Tyre Nichols after beating him.
(City of Memphis)
NYPD officers arrest a demonstrator Friday night.
(Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images)
Demonstrators write the names of Tyre Nichols and Keenan Anderson on sidewalk in front of LAPD headquarters just hours after the release of Nichols video showed his beating by Memphis Police.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Police beat and kick Nichols as another officer readies to hit him with a stick.
(City of Memphis)
Viola Gray of Los Angeles wipes away a tear Friday while watching the beating video at the Leimert Park Community Building.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
LAPD officers lines the intersection near City Hall Friday night.
(Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)
After being propped up against a police cruiser, Tyre Nichols slid to the ground as medics arrived.
(City of Memphis via Associated Press)
Community leaders react in shock Friday as the video is shown at the Leimert Park Community Building in Los Angeles. Pictured in front from left are Ernest Williams; Najee Ali; Laura King, daughter of Rodney King; Robert Sausedo; and LAPD Deputy Chief Gerald Woodyard.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
After the beating police officers placed Tyre Nichols against a police cruiser.
(City of Memphis)
Mikki Chatles sings in Washington on Friday during a demonstration over the police beating death of Tyre Nichols.
(Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)
Protesters march Friday evening in Memphis, Tenn.
(Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)
Nadine Seilers of Waldorf, Md., joins a demonstration Friday evening in Lafayette Park, outside the White House.
(Andrew Harnik / Associated Press)
The Rev. Andre E. Johnson speaks Thursday night at a candlelight vigil for Tyre Nichols in Memphis.
(Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)
A candlelight vigil in Memphis brings participants to tears on Thursday.
(Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)
A somber crowd takes part in Thursday’s candlelight vigil in Memphis.
(Patrick Lantrip / Daily Memphian)
Kenyana Dixon, Tyre Nichols’ sister, is comforted Monday during a rally for her brother at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.
(Mark Weber / Daily Memphian)
Family members and supporters of Tyre Nichols take part in a news conference in Memphis on Monday.
(Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)
Friends and family say Tyre Nichols, pictured in a family photo, was joyful and lovable and had a passion for photography. Nichols was just minutes from his home in Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 7 when police pulled his car over and fatally beat him.
(Nichols family)
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