Five Memphis Cops Charged In Death Of Tyre Nichols
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🗓️ 27 January 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Five former Memphis police officers have been charged with second degree murder for the killing of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died days after he was violently arrested on Jan. 7th. Footage of the incident is set to be released Friday night — and lawyers for Nichols’ family, who have seen the video, compared it to the infamous police beating of Rodney King in 1991.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, January 27th. |
| 0:07.9 | I'm Trevelle Anderson. |
| 0:09.4 | And I'm Priyanka Aribindi and this is What A Day. |
| 0:12.4 | On today's show, the accused gunman and Monday's mass shooting in Northern California reportedly |
| 0:16.9 | confessed to the crime. |
| 0:18.5 | Plus, the fight over teaching African American history is flaring up in Florida. |
| 0:22.7 | But first, let's talk about the latest news out of Memphis, where five former police officers |
| 0:27.4 | have been charged for the killing of Tyree Nichols. |
| 0:30.3 | In case y'all haven't heard, Nichols was a 29-year-old black man who loved skateboarding, |
| 0:35.4 | photography, and sunsets, according to his family. |
| 0:38.8 | He died on January 10th, three days after a traffic stop by officers from the Memphis Police |
| 0:43.8 | Department. |
| 0:44.8 | Before we get into the most current updates on the case, I'm going to detail what we know |
| 0:48.8 | about the order of events that led to his death. |
| 0:52.1 | According to the police, it starts on January 7th at approximately 8.30 pm local time, |
| 0:57.3 | and officers pulled over a car for suspected reckless driving. |
| 1:01.5 | They then say a confrontation occurred between the officers and the vehicle's driver, later |
| 1:05.6 | identified as Nichols, who then fled on foot. |
| 1:09.0 | The police say they apprehended him, and that another confrontation occurred that resulted |
| 1:13.0 | in Nichols' arrest. |
| 1:14.0 | I'll note here that the details on what exactly these quote-unquote confrontations were |
| 1:20.0 | was not immediately made public. |
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