Scuffles broke out Friday as police arrested at least three people at a demonstration in New York's Times Square demanding justice for Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died after he was beaten by Memphis police officers earlier in the month.
Police in the southern U.S. city of Memphis, Tennessee, released a video Friday evening showing five police officers beating to death Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, following a traffic stop.
The graphic video shows the officers brutally beating Nichols for three minutes. Two officers can be seen holding Nichols down while others kick and punch him. At least one officer uses a baton.
In one clip of the video footage, which runs over an hour and is taken from multiple cameras, Nichols can be heard crying out for his mother.
Memphis and other U.S. cities have been preparing for possible protests after police announced they would release the police bodycam and surveillance video of the beating. Nichols’ family has pleaded for any protests to remain peaceful.
Protests took place in Memphis on Friday night, with several dozen demonstrators blocking a heavily traveled bridge on Interstate 55. Demonstrators also gathered for rallies in Washington, Atlanta and New York. There were no immediate reports of violence.
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