Minutes after the videos of the fierce beating that a group of Memphis police officers gave the African American were released Tyre Nichols and whose injuries caused his death; the United States’s president, Joe Bidenassured that after observing the images he found “indignant” Y “deeply saddened.”
Faced with demonstrations in several states of the country demanding justice, the US president asked that do not resort to violence.
“The images released tonight will rightly outrage people. Those who seek justice should not resort to violence or destruction,” he added.
Through a statement, Biden said that “like many, I was outraged and deeply hurt after watching the horrible video of the beating that ended in death” of the 29-year-old.
“Violence is never acceptable, it is illegal and destructive”, warned the president of USA.
Officials of the White House They maintained contact with the mayors of 16 cities in the country due to the possible protests that could start this weekend.
The New York Mayor Eric Adams He remarked in a video posted on his social networks that he feels “devastated” by Nichols’ crime and asked that if the population needs to express “anger or indignation” they do so “peacefully.”
“The brutality we saw in that Memphis video is an abomination.”Adams said on his Twitter account.
That beating”undermines the very system of laws we believe inAdams wrote, concluding: “This violence must be confronted with justice for #TyreNichols.”
The New York Police Department assured that it is “fully prepared” to allow the right to protest.
It may interest you: They released the videos of the beating of an African-American man at the hands of the Memphis police
This Friday, the authorities of Memphis released more than an hour of videos showing the beating that Tire Nichols received, by five officers who beat him repeatedly while he screamed for his mother. The images were released a day after the police officers were charged with manslaughter.
In addition to beating him with their feet, officers also used wooden sticks to assault Nichols, who was harassed for about three minutes while various obscenities were yelled at him.
The recordings show how police officers order the young man to lie on the floor. Meanwhile, another agent yells at him: “Hit him with the taster.” Although Nichols responds calmly and reiterates that they are already on the ground, the police officers continue to yell at him.
Nichols’ arrest for an alleged traffic violation occurred on January 7. Three days after the brutal beating, the victim died in a hospital. The United States Attorney General, Merrick Garland, He promised this Friday that an investigation will be launched and asked that any protests that may arise over this fact be carried out peacefully.
The five former Memphis police officers identified as Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills, Jr., Emmitt Martin III, and Justin Smith were accused of second degree murder and other crimes for the arrest and death of Tire Nichols. They are all detained.
Under Tennessee law, they could receive anywhere from 15 to 60 years in prison.
(With information from EFE)
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