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Memphisreleasesvideoofpolicebeating2023-01-29FLASHBACK:TheMemphischiefofpolicecomparedthevideotofootageofthe1991policebeatingofRodneyKing,whichsparkeddaysofriotsthatleftdozensdeadTheUScityofMemphisonFridayreleasedgraphicvideofootagedepictingthefatalpoliceassaultofa29-year-oldblackman,sparkingsmallprotestsagainstpolicebrutalityinanumberofUScities,butnonethatflaredintotheviolencethatofficialshadfeared. FiveMemphisofficers,allalsoblack,werechargedwithsecond-degreemurderinthebeatingofTyreNic...
Memphis releases video of police beating2023-01-29
FLASHBACK: The Memphis chief of police compared the video to footage of the 1991 police beating of Rodney King, which sparked days of riots that left dozens dead
The US city of Memphis on Friday released graphic video footage depicting the fatal police assault of a 29-year-old black man, sparking small protests against police brutality in a number of US cities, but none that flared into the violence that officials had feared. Five Memphis officers, all also black, were charged with second-degree murder in the beating of Tyre Nichols, who died in a hospital on Jan. 10, three days after being stopped on suspicion of reckless driving. ...