good evening everyone. i m alisyn camerota. this is cnn tonight. memphis is holding its breath waiting for the release of the video showing exactly what happened to 29-year-old tyre nichols after he was pulled over by police on january 7th. three days later he was dead. an independent autopsy blamed his death on, quote, extensive bleeding caused by severe beating. and tonight tyre nichols mother pleads for peace. when that tape comes out tomorrow, it is going to be horrific. my lord. i didn t see it. but from what i hear, it is going to be horrific. but i want each and every one of you to protest in peace. i don t want us burning up our cities, tearing up the streets, because that is not what my son stood for. people who have seen this police body cam video call it shocking, secening, and appalling. i ve seen the video. as stated you will, too. in a word, it is absolutely appalling. let me be clear. what happened here does not at all reflect proper policing. this
you to protest in peace. i don t want us burning up our cities, tearing up the streets, because that is not what my son stood for. people who have seen this police body cam video call it shocking, secening, and appalling. i ve seen the video. as stated you will, too. in a word, it is absolutely appalling. let me be clear. what happened here does not at all reflect proper policing. this was wrong. this was criminal. so tomorrow night the public will see this video. and then what? that is one of the questions we ll be asking tonight. unlike the rodney king video or george floyd video this time the
why somebody is not saying, hey. this kid is out of it. let s try to help him. we got to move. we got to do something. but you don t see that at all. and that is very troubling. i will say this, alisyn. the family is relieved that criminal charges have been brought against these officers for the killing oftree. them and many in our community want this to now be the precedent. when you have police officers whether black or white commit crimes and it is captured on video we know that you don t have to wait six months now. because a precedent has been set in memphis with these five black police officers. yeah. that is what makes it so different, ben. you and i have been together far too many times talking about some hideous case like this obviously george floyd springs to mind immediately.
and watching that, those nine minutes with george floyd not getting help. it was a national trauma for all of us. you know, obviously to have to see that video. does the family want this video released? i mean, it is going to be another trauma for people. what do you think is going to happen, ben, with the community once it is released? are you afraid that there will be some sort of inflammatory response? the family wants the video released like the community because they believe transparency is paramount especially if we are going to have accountability and justice and trust. so for those reasons, they do want the video released so hopefully it will be a cautionary tale, alisyn camerota, for any other police officer out there. we thought after george floyd there would never be a police