Photos: Communities around the country react to the release of Tyre Nichols police video
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.
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)
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)
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)
The Rev. Andre E. Johnson speaks Thursday night at a candlelight vigil for Tyre Nichols in Memphis.
(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)
A woman cries during a candlelight vigil for Tyre Nichols in Memphis on Thursday.
(Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)
People attend a candlelight vigil for Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis, on Thursday.
(Patrick Lantrip / Daily Memphian via Associated Press)
Kenyana Dixon is comforted during a rally for her brother Tyre Nichols at the National Civil Rights Museum on Monday.
(Mark Weber / Daily Memphian via Associated Press)
Family members and supporters hold a photograph of Tyre Nichols at a news conference in Memphis on Monday.
(Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)
This photo provided by the Nichols family shows Tyre Nichols, who had a passion for photography and was described by friends as joyful and lovable. Nichols was just minutes from his home in Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 7, 2023, when he was pulled over by police and fatally beaten.
(Courtesy of the Nichols family via Associated Press)
