Mr. Nichols was pulled over by the Memphis police on the evening of Jan. 7 and died three days later.
Five officers were charged with murder on Thursday.
The death of Tyre Nichols has provoked outrage and prompted state and federal investigations in the weeks since Mr. Nichols,
a 29-year-old Black man, died after being pulled over by the police in Memphis.
Lawyers for Mr. Nichols’s family said video footage that has yet to be publicly released shows that he was beaten by police officers for three minutes during the traffic stop.
“He was a human piñata for those police officers,” one of the lawyers said.
“Not only was it violent, it was savage.”
Jan. 7: Around 8:30 p.m., Mr. Nichols was stopped by police officers on suspicion of reckless driving near the intersection of Raines Road and Ross Road in Memphis.
Jan. 10: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced that Mr. Nichols had “succumbed to his injuries” and died.
Jan. 14: Mr. Nichols’s family held a memorial event and released a balloon in his honor, according to the Commercial Appeal, a Memphis newspaper.
Jan. 15: The Memphis Police Department announced that internal administrative investigations were underway.
Jan. 15: The Memphis Police Department announced that internal administrative investigations were underway.
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