Good evening everyone, I'm Allison Kamerata and this is CNN Tonight.

Memphis holding its breath, waiting for the release of the video showing exactly what happened

to 29-year-old Tyree Nichols after he was pulled over by police on January 7.

Three days later, he was dead.

An independent autopsy blamed his death on, quote, extensive bleeding caused by severe

beating.

And tonight, Tyree Nichols' mother pleads for peace.

When that tape comes out tomorrow, it's going to be horrific.

My Lord, my Lord.

I didn't see it, but from what I hear, it's going to be horrific.

I want each and every one of you to protest in peace.

I don't want us burning up our cities tearing up the streets because that's not what my

son stood for.

People who have seen this police body cam video call it shocking, sickening, and appalling.

I've seen the video, and as the amoral state it you will to, in a word, it's absolutely

a problem.

Let me be clear, what happened here does not at all reflect proper policing.

This was wrong, this was criminal.

So tomorrow night, the public will see this video.

And then what?

That's one of the questions that we'll be asking tonight because unlike with the Rodney

King video or the George Floyd video, this time, the police officers in the video were

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