Amid nationwide protests, prosecutors charge five former Memphis police officers with murder in the death of Tyre Nichols, who died January 10 of kidney failure and cardiac arrest after a vicious beating three days earlier during a traffic stop. Memphis and other cities across the U.S. are expecting mass protests against police violence, with body-camera footage of the deadly traffic stop set to be released Friday evening. We go to Memphis for an update from community organizer Amber Sherman, a member of the Memphis chapter of Black Lives Matter, who says police brutality is nothing new for many residents. “It’s literally just being caught on camera,” Sherman says. “We have experienced this same kind of violence over and over and over again in our communities.”
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Upgrade that charge to 1st degree murder, it was planned, personal, over an ex- girlfriend
At least this time it wasn't blown out of proportion an actually was a police brutality sickening what those black officers did to that black man
Oh yea if it was white cops then yes it was racism. But since it’s black cops oh yea it’s police brutality against black. Black ain’t the most important thing here and everything does not have to be about black only. What about black brutality crime towards every other victim that happened every fucken day?
I cannot believe these were black officers against a black man. I don't understand what the hell is going on in this country. Why? Uncalled for. We are dying by the minute and no one is here to help us. The govt is allowing this.
Did y'all see the black UK lady talking about this was white supremacy 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡 I nearly fell out of my chair when I heard that
BLM this shit is on you. Two the cops had prior felonies… Good cops are retiring in droves because they don't want to goto jail when some junkie dies in their custody. However we still need cops. What do we do? Lower standards and hire felons. The spike in crime and this death is 100% on BLM. BLM has killed more black people then the KKK in the last 100 years.
maybe dont hire felons as cops
Love how liberals are still calling racism even though they are all black, but when a white person is killed they don't care.
Liberals are the most rasict there are
THE MAIN QUESTION IS WHY TYRE WAS STOPPED.WHY TYRE STOPPED THE OFFICERS JUST CHARGE INTO MR. NICHOLS.
I DIDN'T SEE WRECKLESS DRIVING EITHER IN VIDEO. TYRE WAS TARGET FOR A REASON…THAT THE COPS JUST WANTED, THOSE COPS KNEW WHY DID MR. NICHOLS LIKE AN ANIMAL.
Keep voting Democrat and you will keep getting what your getting.
BLM doesn't represent Black men or fathers BUT always show up to benefit from their death. Hopefully they wont this time!
Wait. Do you mean to say there are still people supporting BLM after finding out how the money donated has been spent? Or rather, how most of it was not spent helping African-American communities.
The serious injuries were experienced? 🤔 don't you mean inflicted???🤔
ALL OF THEM NEED TO BE IN JAIL FROM THE POLICE WHO DID THIS ….TO ALL THE FREAKING POLICE WHO SHOWED UP IN DIDN'T DO NOTHING NEED TO BE IN JAIL THE PARAMEDICS TO CAUSE THEY DID NOTHING ALL OF THEM SHALL PAY…..I HOPE GOD HAVE MERCY ON THEY SOUL'S
BLM never missing a moment to capitalize off of Black Death that's viral. Candace Owens exposed them from amazing millions and spending it on mansions and LGBTQ nonsense. Victims families and communities seen none of it.
"Humanize being black"… WHO ARE YOU TELLING?!?! White people ?!?! We ain't the ones killing y'all by the THOUSANDS. I can't stand this hypocrisy and I don't take anyone serious until they can be honest about culture.
I completely concur they SHOULD NOT have been allowed release on bail. It's more about money sometimes, however.
We terrorize each other daily, da hell? I’m so confused.
Amber Sherman couldn't have broken this down any clearer terms of her answers. Humanize Being Black. She was very on point.
This is disgusting. It is disgusting that they lowered the standards for hiring police. That chief should be gone!
The only time we ever see these idiots only speak up against black men killing another black men is when they are cops.
🤦♀️😤It need to be six where that white man who said tase him and he’s the one who tase him he need to be right with them thugs cus he one to that white cop could have stop it and a few people wanna say that white guy was Lightskin blk guy no he wasn’t they just show his face on petteablog he’s white .
And to the lady who look blk in her pic ur a troll cus where do u see more white men getting killed / harassed/beaten by police that doesn’t really happen as much as them low key red necks on the force s/o to all the good cops it’s sad they starting to make them look bad😔😩😳 .
5 black gang members that hide behind the shield. This is about a man sleeping with an officers wife, nothing more. Keep your gaslighting to yourself.
"The serious injuries were…uh…experienced"
How about "inflicted"
This case is going to get interesting when it comes out about the relationship that Nichols was having with Haley's wife or ex while they were working together at FedEx. "Taking pictures at the park" was something completely different……. Still this is reprehensible for took place.
Dlm stole all the black people's donations that lady lives in a mansion it's a joke stealing from your own people what a f**** joke
I guess black lives don’t matter to those black cops.
B l m what about all other people a l m kèv ķev kev kev kev kev kev
If they hadn't murdered him,another black man would have done it!!! Think about it,murder is murder in nature,but it is the nature when white cops murder a black man,then such a murder prompts black lives matter protests on the streets,what about the murders of blacks against blacks huh weren't it as brutal and sickening in nature for black community same as the murders done in the hands of cops!!! I'm just beginning to wonder,black community don't take action or speak out when black men killing each other mercilessly and senselessly are they playing race card here perhaps!!!. From somalia
Black Lives Matter is only going to take your money 💸💸💸