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NPR News: 01-28-2023 6AM ET

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🗓️ 28 January 2023

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NPR News: 01-28-2023 6AM ET

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News and Washington, I'm Giles Snyder.

0:04.6

President Biden is condemning the fatal police beating of Tyree Nichols and Memphis,

0:09.5

he released a statement after the city released video of the beating, saying people will

0:13.8

be just a fibrillately outraged to their word largely peaceful protests around the country

0:18.6

last night.

0:19.6

And Memphis demonstrators blocked a busy interstate bridge that carries traffic over the Mississippi

0:24.6

River.

0:25.6

And Pierce Debbie Elliott reports on the video's release last night and the protests have

0:29.3

fallen.

0:30.3

The video shows officers aggressively pulling Tyree Nichols from his car using pepper spray

0:34.9

and a taser to subdue him.

0:37.4

Later officers beat and kicked him after he tried to escape.

0:41.2

Nichols family had asked for peaceful protests and the community appears to have honored the

0:45.5

request.

0:46.5

The most disruptive protests started at a downtown park just before the videos came out.

0:51.5

Black Lives Matter organizer Amber Sherman.

1:04.2

The protesters marched to the I-55 bridge over the Mississippi River between Memphis and

1:09.2

West Memphis Arkansas blocking traffic for hours.

1:13.0

W-E Elliott and PR News Memphis.

1:15.4

There were demonstrations in multiple other cities including New York and Los Angeles,

1:20.2

Fort LaNorragon and Washington DC.

1:23.4

Recording of the man facing attempted murder charges for attacking former House Speaker

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