murdaugh. good morning, ever. it is saturday, january 28th. i m amara walker. good morning, amara. i m boris sanchez coming to you live from memphis, tennessee, where this morning the city is still reeling from the brutal beating of tyre nichols at the hands of five, now former memphis police officers. the full video of that beating was released to the public last night and it is extremely difficult to watch. absolutely. and as you would imagine, that video, the series of videos bringing out strong emotions for so many people last night and into this morning. it is difficult to watch. it shows the deadly encounter between tyre nichols and memphis police. the images and the four video clips are graphic. they are disturbing, as we said, and they are critical, though, to understanding the reality and gravity of what happened. now, nichols was pulled over january 7th allegedly for reckless driving, but the police chief said the department has been unable to find anything th
before get your response. it says the memphis police association would again like to extend condolences to the family of mr. tyre nichols, the memphis police association is committed to the administration of justice and never condones the mistreatment of any citizen nor any abuse of power. that faith is what we will lean on in the coming days, weeks and months to ensure the totality of circumstances is revealed. mr. nichols family, the city of memphis and the country deserve nothing less. we pray for justice, healing and eventual closure for all involved. no singling out of the officers. no mention of them, the indictments, the firings. is this a strong enough statement? sheryl? understand that these unions are there to protect the officers. so they are in some instances the lobbying arm of police departments in terms of rights
calling out for his mom, and i remember hearing tyre nichols mother saying an interview with don lemon she loved her son to death, he was a mama s boy and he had her name tattooed on him. and, you know, of course in his last moments you hear him calling out for his mom. just incredibly tragic. thank you so much, boris, for being there on the ground. thanks to sara sidner as well. as you know, president biden was also very moved and upset by what happened. he says that he was outraged after watching the police video of that fatal beating of tyre nichols and following the release of that video president biden spoke with nichols family to offer sympathy and condolences. let s go now to cnn white house reporter jasmine wright for more on that. this is his wheelhouse. president biden really knows how to empathize with people and he did that in this call.
it shows the deadly encounter between tyre nichols and memphis police. the images and the four video clips are graphic. they are disturbing, as we said, and they are critical, though, to understanding the reality and gravity of what happened. now, nichols was pulled over january 7th allegedly for reckless driving, but the police chief said the department has been unable to find anything that substantiates probable cause or claims of reckless driving. yeah, and that is especially notable given what you just saw there. they immediately approached his vehicle and seemingly ripped him out. nichols managed to run away but was soon surrounded and then we saw this. the police surveillance video showing nichols being struck, punched, bludgeoned, kicked at least nine times in less than four minutes when he is apparently not a threat to these officers in any way.