Breaking news from Tyree Nichols: Trump calls ‘horrific’ killing as parents attend Biden’s State of the Union address

Family members, city leaders and activists have sharply criticized the behavior of the employees shown in the footage, five of whom were fired and accused of murder.

The first part of the hour-long video shows the officers pulling the young man, forcing him out of the vehicle and onto the floor.

One of them is heard saying: “F**ch, put your hands behind your back before I break them.” An officer then threatens Nichols that “I’m going to knock the hell out of your ass.”

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Watching these videos is not something to be taken lightly because the scenes can be hard to erase from your memory. They are not there for our entertainment. Still, it’s important that people watch these videos, or at least enough of us share what happened.

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But now the very future of the unit, known as SCORPIO, or Operation Street Crime to Restore Peace to Our Neighborhoods, is in question as lawyers and community activists call for its complete overhaul.

The 40-officer unit was established in October 2021 and got a high-profile launch. The officers were to be divided into four teams and focus on car thefts, gang related crimes and drug crimes.

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As the nation turns its attention to the death of Tyree Nichols, there is something you should know. In cases like these, the police don’t always tell the whole truth. Sometimes they seek to divert attention from him. Other times they just lie.

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Five Memphis officers have been fired after violating multiple department policies in the death of Tear Nichols as criminal and civil rights investigations have been launched. Gustav Kilander reports

His mother RowVaughn Wells told CNN she got a call from a doctor at St. Francis Hospital at 4 a.m. the day he died to say her son’s organs were failing and to come to the hospital immediately.

“He said, ‘Why aren’t you here?’ And I said, ‘The cops said I can’t come because he was arrested,'” Ms Wells told the network. “The doctor kept telling me that my son had gone into cardiac arrest and that his kidneys were failing.”

The death of the young man caused deep pain to the Nichols family and caused a scandal throughout the town.

The reasons for the traffic stop that led to the violent arrest and death of the 29-year-old black man are inconsistent, writes Josh Marcus:

Tear Nichols’ parents will attend Joe Biden’s State of the Union address next week, according to reports.

After accepting an invitation from the Congressional Black Caucus, Nichols’ mother and father — RowVaughn Wells and Rodney Wells — will attend the president’s speech.

The faction’s chairman, Stephen Horsford, said he had spoken to Nicholls’ parents “to give them our condolences, to let them know that we are with them, to ask them what they want from us at this time”.

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The first part of the hour-long video shows the officers pulling the young man, forcing him out of the vehicle and onto the floor.

One of them is heard saying: “F**ch, put your hands behind your back before I break them.” An officer then threatens Nichols that “I’m going to knock the hell out of your ass.”

A 29-year-old father died in hospital several days after being detained by police during a traffic stop.

Now five officers from the Memphis Police Department have been suspended and jailed on charges of second-degree murder.

Gustav Kilander reports on how we got here.