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‘We mourn with you’: Kamala Harris gives passionate speech at Tyre Nichols’ funeral
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Up to 20 hours of additional footage from the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols by a group of Memphis Police Department officers has yet to be released, according to a law enforcement official in Tennessee.
Even with that missing footage, president Biden is under heavy pressure to pass police reform following the killing of the 29-year-old at the hands of police.
The president met with leaders from the Congressional Black Caucus on Thursday to discuss next steps.
“The discussion focused on important reforms that have already been implemented as a result of the President’s action, including the banning of chokeholds, restricting no-knock warrants, and requiring the use of body cameras at the federal level, and what more needs to be done by Congress,” the White House told The Independent.
The meeting comes a day after the funeral for Tyre Nichols was held in Memphis.
During the service at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, Nichols’ family, civil rights leaders, and Vice President Kamala Harris all led calls for police reform and urged Congress to take action by finally passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
Up to 20 hours of additional footage from the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols by a group of Memphis Police Department officers has yet to be released, according to a law enforcement official in Tennessee.
Unreleased footage from the attack on 7 January includes audio of what was said among emergency responders and officers in the aftermath of the beating and after Nichols was moved to a local hospital, Shelby County prosecutor Steven Mulroy told CNN.
Nichols died in hospital on 10 January, three days after the attack.
It will be up to Memphis officials to determine whether to publicly release any additional footage, following the release of roughly one hour of footage from four separate videos on 27 January.
That footage from officers’ body-worn cameras and a police surveillance camera pole constitute “the relevant parts” of the initial traffic stop and the beating at a second location, according to Mr Mulroy.
Alex Woodward is on the story.
Josh Marcus3 February 2023 04:00
warm orange glow surrounds a then-17-year-old Tyre Nichols as he glides on a ramp. On his skateboard, he floats across smooth concrete, jumps on a box and slides on a flat rail. In another clip, he stumbles on a concrete bar while performing a trick, then picks himself up and tries it again.
He appears airless as a camera follows him cruising on his board and rolling across wide pavement. For one brief moment, he looks as if he is suspended in air, flipping on his board as he jumps a set of stairs in slow motion.
A one-minute and 44-second montage of Nichols on his skateboard has been shared thousands of times following the publication of brutal footage of a group of Memphis Police Department officers fatally beating him in early January. Nichols, 29, died three days later, on 10 January.
As his friends and family mourn, and as the nation recovers from the shock of another act of violence against a Black American by police officers, his skateboarding videos have taken on a new life, capturing a joy and expression that resonates with skateboarding communities across the US.
Alex Woodward has the story.
Josh Marcus3 February 2023 03:00
One person was killed and an officer was left seriously injured at a library in East Memphis, according to the Memphis Police Department.
The shooting at the Poplar-White Station Library took place shortly after officers responded to a call at the library around 12:30 pm, according to a statement shared on social media by the police department. The person who was shot was pronounced dead at the scene while the police officer was transported to the hospital.
Abe Asher reports.
Josh Marcus3 February 2023 02:00
“They’re trained to respond in a certain manner when someone has a disability,” Christian Contreras, an attorney for the Lowe family, told The Independent. “We have law, state and federal, which prevents this kind of abuse.”
On 26 January, Huntington Park police responded to a call that a man in a wheelchair had stabbed someone. Multiple officers arrived to find Lowe holding a knife.
Partial bystander video, which contains graphic images, captures Lowe appearing to flee, exiting his wheelchair and crawling along the ground, before police shot him multiple times.
More details in our full report.
Josh Marcus3 February 2023 01:00
Speaking during a committee hearing, the Georgia congresswoman went on an extended tangent about Ms Babbitt being “murdered” by police.
Noting that Ms Babbitt’s mother was in attendance, Ms Greene went on to say that Congress was doing nothing to address the treatment of other participants in the attack, many of whom remain incarcerated ahead of their respective trials.
“There has never been a trial. In fact, no one has cared about the person who shot and killed her,” Ms Greene argued.
John Bowden reports.
Josh Marcus3 February 2023 00:41
A teenager said the infamous SCORPION Unit whose officers killed Tyre Nichols subjected him to violent treatment as well.
Maurice Chalmers-Stokes, 19, told WREG that in October, members of the now-disbanded unit in ski masks and unmarked cars suddenly attacked him without warning.
“They hopped out and bum-rushed me. They was like, ‘Let me check your backpack. Don’t try to run,’” Chalmers-Stokes said.
Four of the officers involved in the encounter – Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills, Tadarrius Bean, and Preston Hemphill – have since been charged with murder in the Nichols case.
Josh Marcus2 February 2023 23:56
Vice President Kamala Harris addressed a congregation in Memphis gathered for a funeral service for Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who was fatally beaten by a group of Memphis Police Department officers.
The vice president was among several members of President Joe Biden’s administration attending the service at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church on 1 February.
“You have been extraordinary,” she said of Nichols’s mother RowVaughn Wells and stepfather Rodney Wells.
“We have a mother and a father who mourn the life of a young man who should be here today,” she continued. “They have a grandson who now does not have a father. His brothers and sisters will lose the love of growing old with their baby brother.”
Alex Woodward has the whole story.
Josh Marcus2 February 2023 23:05
Four of the five officers charged with murder in the death of Tyre Nichols had past records of disciplinary actions for use of force and other violations.
According to the personnel files of the officers, obtained by Memphis’s ABC 24 news station, the former officers were penalised for failing to file police reports, leaving a loaded gun in a squad car, dislocating a woman’s shoulder during an arrest, crashing into a stop sign, causing a car accident, and damaging department electronics.
Josh Marcus2 February 2023 22:42
The Omega Psi Phi fraternity, one of the country’s most prominent Black university fraternities, has revoked the membership of three former members for their role in the police killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis earlier this month.
“A few days ago, on behalf of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated, we joined with all other caring, thoughtful, decent, and fair-minded people in America and around the world in extending our deepest sympathy to the family of Tyre Nichols,” the fraternity said in a statement. “We have since learned that three of the former Memphis police officers involved in the horrific incident were members of our organization.”
Tadarrius Bean, one of the officers charged with Nichols’s murder, was the fraternity’s chapter president during his time at the University of Mississippi.
Josh Marcus2 February 2023 22:21
Ms Davis told CNN that the department had reviewed all available video footage and found there was no probable cause to warrant Nichols’ arrest.
Police have previously said that a “confrontation” occurred as they approached Nichols’ vehicle, and he fled on foot. He was taken into custody after a second “confrontation”, during which he received critical injuries.
Bevan Hurley reports.
Josh Marcus2 February 2023 21:42
