With officers on standby for possible protests in response to the release of a graphic video depicting the fatal beating of a 29-year-old Black man by five Memphis police officers, local law enforcement officials universally condemned the chilling images.
Four of five Memphis police officers charged with killing Tyre Nichols released from jail after posting bail
The 1991 LAPD beating of Rodney King led to an overhauling of LAPD management and ultimately sparked the 1992 Los Angeles riots that left more than 60 people dead and caused more than $1 billion in damage. A group of community activists gathered in Leimert Park on Friday morning ahead of the video's release, calling for peaceful protests, and urging residents to gather to watch the video "collectively as one."
"We should not have to witness such things in this world over and over with a different name behind the hashtags," she said. "The killing of Tyre Nichols at the hands of the five cowardly former Memphis police officers is repugnant and the complete antithesis of how honorable law enforcement professionals conduct themselves every day," the statement read. "These accused individuals were fired, charged with murder and other crimes, arrested, fingerprinted, photographed and jailed, just like any other suspected criminal. Their brutalization of Mr.
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