New Delhi: It is known that a young man has died due to apartheid in America once again. According to the information received, a 29-year-old black youth was beaten by police officers in the city of Memphis, USA. Due to which he died. According to the information, a video of this incident has come out on Friday, in which the policemen are badly beating a black man Tyr Nicholas.
The video of this incident in the city of Memphis is going viral. And after that there is a lot of anger among the people. More than an hour of video of the violent beating of Tyree Nichols surfaced on Friday. In which the officers pulled a black driver out of the car and severely beat him. The video surfaced a day after Nicholas’ murder, showing that all the officers who killed him were police.
In the video, the policemen can be seen beating 29-year-old FedEx worker Tyr Nichols badly for three minutes and shouting profanities at him. Nichols’ attorney compared the attack to the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King.
In the footage, an officer can be heard saying, “I’m going to attack you.” One of the officers then grabs him and the other starts beating him. When the officers pull Nichols out of the car, he says he didn’t do anything, but the group of officers threw him to the ground. The police group is loudly saying sit down, Nicholas also comes out of the car and says I am on the ground, sit down. Yet the officers say “put your hands behind your back before I bust your mouth.” Nichols told officers he was just trying to get home. Wait, I’m not doing anything. The officers then beat Nicholas so badly that he died.
Opposition after Nicholas’s death
After the death of Tyree Nichols in the beating of police officers, his family appealed for peaceful protests. Family members say that not one or two but five officers beat him badly. Memphis Police Director Cerelyn Davis called the incident heinous and inhumane. They said officers were unable to prove Nichols was charged with reckless driving, so they did so.
Joe Biden condemned the incident
US President Joe Biden has condemned this incident. Speaking at the White House on Friday, he said he was deeply concerned by the violence. He appealed to keep the protest against the incident peaceful.