hundreds of staff have been made redundant, and all flights due to and from the uk to be operated by the airline have been cancelled. police in the american city of memphis have released graphic footage of the violent arrest that led to the death of a 29 year old black man. the officers body camera video, shows tyre nichols being kicked and punched by five policemen. the officers, who are also black, have been sacked and face multiple charges, including murder. a warning, nada tawfik s report contains some distressing images. nojustice! no peace! the familiar rallying cry heard too often after incidents of police brutality. memphis s worst fears never materialised as protesters remained peaceful. a considered effort by city officials to deliver swiftjustice for tyre nichols seems to have worked. small scale demonstrations took place across the country, from new york to detroit and los angeles. free of violence, just as the family wanted. five black officers have been charged
remained peaceful. a considered effort by city officials to deliver swiftjustice for tyre nichols seems to have worked. small scale demonstrations took place across the country, from new york to detroit and los angeles. free of violence, just as the family wanted. five black officers have been charged with murder and the death of tyre nichols, in no small part due to the existence of these extremely graphic videos. the officers aggressively approach his car after a traffic stop. taken aback, the 29 year old black motorist is heard protesting his innocence. i didn t do anything! he seems to comply. i m on the ground. but as this encounter continues, mr nichols breaks away and flees. when they find him, they repeatedly kick him in the head, strike him with a baton and punch him. in distress, he calls out for his mother. tyre nichols was ultimately taken to the hospital in a critical
hundreds of staff have been made redundant, and all flights due to and from the uk to be operated by the airline have been cancelled. police in the american city of memphis have released graphic footage of the violent arrest that led to the death of a 29 year old black man. the officers body camera video, shows tyre nichols being kicked and punched by five policemen. the officers, who are also black, have been sacked and face multiple charges, including murder. a warning, nada tawfik s report contains some distressing images. nojustice! no peace! the familiar rallying cry heard too often after incidents of police brutality. memphis s worst fears never materialised as protesters
innocent people s lives, number one. number two, it has a lot to say. and do with the image of america. it s an image not helped by these videos. the need for police reform is again at the forefront of people s minds. nada tawfik, bbc news, memphis, tennessee. far north american correspondent is gauging reaction to the video. americans have seen. americans are saying this is a particularly brutal case of what they saw in the beating of tyre nichols, and they re asking questions about why that s the case, because the video itself doesn t even show why he was pulled over in the first place. he didn t seem to be resisting, so why was he so aggressively targeted and beaten so badly? that s a question that s being asked. some of the people we ve spoken to have also said they