The Memphis Police Department's original report on Tyre Nichols death is full of discrepancies and outright omissions, newly released bodycam footage shows

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The image from video released on Jan. 27, 2023, by the City of Memphis, shows police officers talking after a brutal attack on Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers on Jan. 7, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. Nichols died on Jan. 10. The five officers have since been fired and charged with second-degree murder and other offenses. (City of Memphis via AP)
The image from video released on Jan.

Tyre Nichols video shows a complete 'breakdown' in police protocols, legal experts say: 'No reason 5 officers need to reduce themselves to closed-fist punching'

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  • The video of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols being beaten by Memphis police was released Friday.
  • Legal experts told Insider the footage showed police met Nichols with force even though he wasn't initially resisting.
  • He may have run away from the officers because he thought he needed to in order to save his life, lawyers said.

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Memphis councilman breaks down in tears over bodycam footage of the beating of Tyre Nichols: 'This wasn't supposed to happen'

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Protesters take over a bridge Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn., as authorities release police video depicting five Memphis officers beating Tyre Nichols, whose death resulted in murder charges and provoked outrage at the country's latest instance of police brutality. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Protesters take over a bridge Friday, Jan.

Tyre Nichols video: Body cam footage showing brutal police beating by 5 Memphis police officers released

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  • Authorities released footage Friday evening showing the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols on January 7.
  • The five officers involved in the beating have since been fired and charged with murder.
  • Memphis and other major US cities braced for protests and widespread outrage on Friday.

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Memphis police officers were charged with murder less than 20 days after Tyre Nichols' death. A civil rights lawyer says 'swift justice' should be the 'blueprint going forward.'

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Ben Crump at Memphis press conference
Attorney Ben Crump and members of Tyre Nichols' family at a press conference in Memphis, January 27, 2023

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A video of Tyre Nichols being killed by police is due to be released Friday. Even the police chief says what it shows is 'heinous' and 'inhumane.'

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yre Nichols, who died in a hospital on Jan. 10, three days after sustaining injuries during his arrest by Memphis police officers, is seen in this undated picture obtained from social media.
Tyre Nichols died in hospital on January 10, three days after sustaining injuries during an arrest by Memphis police officers. He's seen in this undated picture obtained from social media.

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Memphis braces for release of Tyre Nichols arrest video

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  • People in Memphis are demanding justice in the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after a traffic stop.
  • Five officers involved in the incident were fired and charged with second-degree murder.
  • Memphis plans to release footage of the incident on Friday, and the c

Rodney King's daughter calls Tyre Nichols' police beating death 'sickening' 32 years after her father's assault

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A portrait of Tyre Nichols, a Black man wearing a suit, in a black frame
Tyre Nichols was killed during a traffic stop with Memphis Police.

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