nichols. the full videos, released last night, show five former memphis police officers repeatedly beating the 29 year old, and i want to warn you, what you re about to watch is extremely graphic. the videos document nichols being pulled over earlier this month for alleged reckless driving. police are then seen yanking nichols from his car, chasing, kicking him, using pepper spray and batons. nichols, unarmed, cries out for his mother at one point. he died from his injuries three days later in the hospital, and those videos sparking largely peaceful protests all across the country. earlier this week the five officers involved were charged with second degree murder, and now after this video has come out two officers from a different department who are also on scene that night have been put on leave pending an investigation into their conduct. cnn s boris sanchez breaks down these newly released videos. again, a warning for you, they re very graphic. reporter: tyre nichols sc
newsroom. i m jim acosta. outrage and calls for action following the release of video showing the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. that s where weigh start. the images we are going to show you right about now are graphic and disturbing but critical to understanding what happened to this 29-year-old man. here is what we know at this hour. nichols was pulled over by memphis police on january 7th, allegedly for reckless driving. in a shocking development, the police chief says the department has not been able to find anything to substantiate that blame. this video shows the moment police catch up to nichols when he runs away. again, if you haven t seen it yet, need to warn you, it is incredibly graphic. no! no! give me your [ bleep ] hands! hey! give me your hands! give me your hands! hey! ooh! watch out, watch out! mom! you can hear nichols crying out for his mother who just blocks i way. officers continue to hit and spray nichols struggling with him on
once i found out what happened, it was just the fact that i was feeling my son s pain. i was feeling my son s pain when they were beating him to death. tyre s mother started a gofundme page with the donations going in part towards a memorial scape park in honor of tyre and his love of skating and sunsets. last night after that video came out about $82,000 had been donated. right now more than $600,000 have been donated. i m jessica dean in for fredricka whitfield. cnn newsroom continues with jim acosta right now. you are live in the cnn