Police violence in the US claimed lives again, the images shocked the world
Pictures of black Tire Nichols, who died in hospital three days after he was pulled over by police for reckless driving on January 7 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA and beaten by police officers, were released from the time of the incident. blacks.
The moments when Nichols, who was beaten by police for minutes, called out to his mother in pain, was captured on police body camera.
It was claimed that 5 policemen, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr, Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith, who were involved in the incident, were fired from the police force on Thursday and a lawsuit was filed against them.
Making a statement after the images were released yesterday, US President Joe Biden stated that he was angry and deeply hurt as he looked at the images. Biden called on the public to peacefully protest the incident.
Tire Nichols’ death after police violence was protested across the country.
(DHA)