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Garland Urges Peaceful Protests in Memphis Over Tyre Nichols Death
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0:45Now PlayingU.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland urges peaceful and nonviolent protest as the city of Memphis and the nation are bracing for the release of a police video depicting five officers viciously beating Tyre Nichols, a Black man whose death prompted murder charges against them, and outrage at the country's latest instance of police brutality.
Garland in a press conference Friday, offered condolences to the family of Nichols and repeated their calls for nonviolent demonstrations.
I want to give my deepest condolences to Tyree Nichols family. I can't imagine the feelings that parents must feel under these circumstances," he said.
He added, "I do want to say, and I want to repeat what the family has said, that expressions of concern when people see this video, we urge that they be peaceful and nonviolent. That is what the family has urged and that of course is what the Justice Department urges as well."
The attorney general said he had not seen the video, but he had been briefed on it.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said after seeing the video that he was appalled.
"I was appalled. I'm struggling to find a stronger word, but I would just tell you I was appalled," he said.
The officers were charged Thursday with murder and other crimes in the killing of Nichols, a motorist who died three days after a confrontation with the officers during a traffic stop on Jan. 7.
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy told a news conference that although the officers each played different roles in the killing, "they are all responsible."
The officers, who are all Black, each face charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct,and official oppression
Attorneys for the family of Nichols say officers beat Nichols for three minutes in a "savage" encounter reminiscent of the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King.
Attorney Ben Crump said Monday that police body camera video viewed by the family showed that Nichols was shocked, pepper-sprayed, and restrained after the 29-year-old FedEx worker and father was pulled over Jan. 7.
Nichols' family agreed with investigators' request to wait a week or two before the video is made public.
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