WASHINGTON, January 28. – Thousands of Americans took to the streets in various cities across the United States to protest police brutality against Tire Nichols.
Nichols, a 29-year-old black man, was hospitalized after Memphis police stopped him at a traffic stop on Jan. 7 and violently arrested him. He died of his injuries three days later, authorities said.
After video of the event was released, demonstrators took to the streets in Times Square in New York, Atlanta, Georgia, Memphis, Tennessee, Washington and other locations to protest excessive police use of force against African Americans. future community. The protests in Memphis seem to be the biggest. Protesters impounded Interstate 55 and closed it to traffic while they chanted and made speeches.
Clashes erupted between police and protesters in Times Square. One person arrested by the police has been reported. In one video, a protester smashes the window of a police car, but it’s not known if this is related to the arrest, according to HispanTV. Some Washington DC crowds gathered in Lafayette Park and along the Black Lives Matter Plaza in front of the White House.
Five Memphis police officers were fired for violating the excessive force policy. Video of the fatal beating Nichols received from police was released this Friday. Police bodycam footage shows officers walking as Tire Nichols collapsed to the ground and was showered with punches after a struggle.
It’s also incredible that so much time was lost caring for Nichols after the beating he suffered, said a doctor quoted by CNN. On January 10, Tire Nichols died in a Memphis hospital three days after the attack. Mauricio González, an emergency room physician at New York’s Metropolitan Hospital, explained how the beatings Nichols received could have caused brain damage.
City officials released more than an hour of footage Friday night showing the deadly confrontation between Tire Nichols and Memphis police officers earlier this month. According to the footage, the incident begins to unfold when officers stopped Nichols for an alleged traffic violation.