Memphis police chief describes 'horrific, alarming' video showing fatal beating of Tyre Nichols - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis speaks to NBC News’ Tom Llamas to weigh in on what led up to the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols ahead of the release of body camera and pole camera footage of the incident. - Aired on 01/27/2023.

[brer cat]

1. Her honesty and empathy should go a long way to cool down this horrific action by police.

I hope tempers don't flare into a dangerous situation.

[wnylib]

2. A few thoughts occurred to me while listening to this video.

First, it sounds like the cops had a personal vendetta against this guy. Did they know him or anything about him that they disliked? They stopped him for no apparent reason and then acted violently from the start at a level 10.

Or, were the cops on some kind of drug?

Also, with the release of this video, those cops could become victims of vigilante retaliation when people are angered over it

[Rhiannon12866]

3. The news is that the police involved in this attack have been dismissed.

I believe he had a tail light out. Horrific incident.

[wnylib]

4. The police chief said that she could not see any reason

why he was pulled over. She said that they told her that he had been driving erratically, but that checks of other videos of traffic in the area did not support that claim.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. I was once stopped for a headlight out - which I obviously did not know - and only got a warning

To get it fixed ASAP.