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Protests erupt across the U.S. after Memphis releases video of former cops beating Tyre Nichols
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams
January 28, 2023
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE - Demonstrators protest the death of Tyre Nichols on January 27, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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The Memphis-based Commercial Appeal reported that protesters advocating for police reform shut down the Interstate 55 bridge that connects Tennessee and Arkansas:
As of 8:30 pm, more than 100 people remained on the Harahan Bridge with protest leaders saying they wanted to talk with Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland and Memphis Police Department Chief Cerelyn "C.J." Davis before disbanding. MPD officers closed off roads leading to the bridge?and several others downtown?but had not directly confronted protesters. Protesters started moving off of the bridge around 9:00 pm. As they marched eastbound on E.H. Crump Boulevard towards police, they locked arms and chanted "we ready, we ready, we ready for y'all." Protestors then turned north, toward central downtown. As they passed by residences, some people came out on their balconies to cheer.
Surrounded by protestors on I-55, NBC News' Priscilla Thompson said that "they are chanting, they are calling the name of Tyre Nichols. They are calling for change."
Demonstrators and the Nichols family have called for disbanding the MPD Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods (SCORPION) team that launched in 2021 and was involved in the traffic stop.
The Memphis mayor said Friday afternoon that the unit has been inactive since Nichols' January 10 death.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/scorpion-unit-memphis-police-task-force-center-tyre/story?id=96720313
https://www.actionnews5.com/2023/01/27/scorpion-unit-inactive-memphis-mayor-says/
The Memphis mayor said Friday afternoon that the unit has been inactive since Nichols' January 10 death.
The footage shows that after police brutally beat Nichols—pushing him to the ground; using pepper spray; punching and kicking him; and striking him with a baton—it took 22 minutes from when officers said he was in custody for an ambulance to arrive and take him to the hospital, where he later died from cardiac arrest and kidney failure.
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https://www.rawstory.com/tyre-nichols-protests/
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams
January 28, 2023
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE - Demonstrators protest the death of Tyre Nichols on January 27, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Listen to this article now
The Memphis-based Commercial Appeal reported that protesters advocating for police reform shut down the Interstate 55 bridge that connects Tennessee and Arkansas:
As of 8:30 pm, more than 100 people remained on the Harahan Bridge with protest leaders saying they wanted to talk with Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland and Memphis Police Department Chief Cerelyn "C.J." Davis before disbanding. MPD officers closed off roads leading to the bridge?and several others downtown?but had not directly confronted protesters. Protesters started moving off of the bridge around 9:00 pm. As they marched eastbound on E.H. Crump Boulevard towards police, they locked arms and chanted "we ready, we ready, we ready for y'all." Protestors then turned north, toward central downtown. As they passed by residences, some people came out on their balconies to cheer.
Surrounded by protestors on I-55, NBC News' Priscilla Thompson said that "they are chanting, they are calling the name of Tyre Nichols. They are calling for change."
Demonstrators and the Nichols family have called for disbanding the MPD Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods (SCORPION) team that launched in 2021 and was involved in the traffic stop.
The Memphis mayor said Friday afternoon that the unit has been inactive since Nichols' January 10 death.
The family of #TyreNichols calls for the end of the SCORPION task force. pic.twitter.com/nyWaqaOkZE
— Decarcerate Memphis (@DecarcerateMem) January 27, 2023
https://abcnews.go.com/US/scorpion-unit-memphis-police-task-force-center-tyre/story?id=96720313
https://www.actionnews5.com/2023/01/27/scorpion-unit-inactive-memphis-mayor-says/
The Memphis mayor said Friday afternoon that the unit has been inactive since Nichols' January 10 death.
The footage shows that after police brutally beat Nichols—pushing him to the ground; using pepper spray; punching and kicking him; and striking him with a baton—it took 22 minutes from when officers said he was in custody for an ambulance to arrive and take him to the hospital, where he later died from cardiac arrest and kidney failure.
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https://www.rawstory.com/tyre-nichols-protests/
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