The Tyre Nichols Case

A turbulent week ends with peaceful protest.

MONDAY

Tyre Nichols’ family met with city and Memphis Police Department leaders to watch police video of the beating that killed Nichols.

Leaders announced the video would not be immediately released. Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy expected the public release would come “this week or next.”

At the time, ve MPD o cers had been red in the wake of the incident.

WEDNESDAY

Nichols “su ered extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating” in the incident with Memphis police, attorneys for his family said. Attorneys

“It expresses me in ways I cannot write down for people.”

Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci said the ndings came a er an independent autopsy was conducted Monday and that more details from it would be released later.

Kevin Ritz, United States attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, promised a “thorough” criminal civil rights investigation into the matter.

At the time, two members of the Memphis Fire Services Division had been red in relation to the incident.

THURSDAY tice would be Tyre living to see his next birthday.” Video of the incident would be released by the city sometime a er 6 p.m. Friday, Mulroy said. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation director David Rausch described the video as “absolutely appalling.”

MPD Chief Cerelyn Davis said more police o cers and specialized police units were under investigation in the events surrounding the death of Nichols.

A prayer vigil at Tobey Skatepark celebrated the life of Nichols.

FRIDAY is is the intro to the “about” section of Tyre Nichols’ photography website called T. Nichols Photography. e section is headlined “Welcome the World rough My Eyes.” ey were charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping resulting in bodily injury, aggravated kidnapping involving the possession of a weapon, o cial misconduct through unauthorized exercise of power, o cial misconduct through failure to act when there is a duty imposed by law, and o cial oppression.

Five MPD o cers — Demetrius Haley, Tadarrius Bean, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith — were charged in the death of Nichols.

“While each of the ve individuals played a di erent role in the incident in question, the actions of all of them resulted in the death of Tyre Nichols, and they are all responsible,” Mulroy said.

Reactions to the charges owed from local leaders.

“While I applaud the swi action of the district attorney, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Memphis Police Department, there is no justice for Tyre Nichols today,” said Tennessee state Sen. Raumesh Akbari (D-Memphis). “Jus-

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland announced the police video of Nichols’ beating would be released a er 6 p.m. National media endlessly hyped the video release, bracing the country for riots like those in the wake of the Rodney King beating.

Locals braced for the video’s release, too. Many schools, businesses, and government o ces announced they were closing early in anticipation of possible civil unrest. e video was released at around 6 p.m.

Protesters marched from the Martyrs Park to the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge, closing I-55 to tra c. No arrests were made in the peaceful protest.

Saturday

Protesters marched for justice in New York City, Boston, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and more.

Davis announced she had disbanded the MPD’s SCORPION Unit, the one responsible for Nichols’ initial tra c stop.

e probe into the case broadened with other police ofcers under investigation.