HISTORICAL FACTS: 22 - The Untold Story

Protesters take to Memphis streets to rage against body camera footage of Tyre Nichols’ arrest

Crowd shutdown I-55 in the city after City released the video of officers beating the 29-year-old Black man

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2023

Body camera footage shows police boasting as Tyre Nichols lies motionless: ‘I jumped in, starting rocking him’

In newly released body camera footage, officers can be heard laughing and bragging as the 29-year-old lies on the ground

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2023

The killing of Tyre Nichols was heinous and shocking. It was also not an aberration

The majority of Americans have resigned themselves to accepting policing as it currently exists. This must change

The Guardian - US · Jan 28, 2023

Tyre Nichols: Footage shows him pleading for help as he is beaten to death by police

The 29-year-old FedEx employee and avid skater died in hospital on 10 January, leaving a four-year-old son

Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2023

Tyre Nichols video – live: Memphis police unit involved in fatal arrest disbanded

Protests in Memphis following the death of Tyre Nichols, 29, who died on 10 January, three days after a traffic stop turned into confrontation with police officers

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2023

‘Seared in our memories’: outpouring of shock and horror over Tyre Nichols’s video

Recording of the 29-year-old’s killing has sent shockwaves across the US, with the officers’ conduct being condemned

The Guardian - US · Jan 28, 2023

Massachusetts police superintendent calls those involved in Tyre Nichols’ murder ‘antithesis’ of what officers should be

Brutality against Tyre Nichols ‘represents clear criminality and an utter breach of the public trust’

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2023

Tyre Nichols video released after five Memphis police officers charged with murder in US

US president pleads for 'peaceful protests' as victim's mother says, 'I don't want us burning up our city - that's not what my son stood for'

Wales Online · Jan 28, 2023

Mostly peaceful protests held across the U.S. after release of Tyre Nichols footage

In Memphis, where Nichols died, protesters shut down a major highway and chanted "justice for Tyre" before later disbanding. Demonstrations across the U.S. were largely peaceful.

WEKU · Jan 28, 2023

NYC protests of Tyre Nichols death draw more than 100; two arrested as Times Square protester smashes police car windshield

NEW YORK — More than 100 people showed up at two protests in Manhattan on Friday night as Memphis police released video showing its officers fatally beating Tyre Nichols, a Black man.

Tribune News Service · Jan 28, 2023