Body cam footage released of Tyre Nichols' deadly arrest

On Friday, authorities in Memphis released footage showing Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist, being beaten by police officers.

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The video shows the officers, who are also Black, chasing and striking Nichols with their fists, boots,

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and batons as he pleads for them to stop and screams for his mother.

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The officers were then seen fist-bumping and celebrating their actions.

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The footage came to light one day after the officers were charged with murder in Nichols' death.

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The incident has prompted protests in multiple cities, including Memphis, where demonstrators blocked a major bridge,

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and in Washington, D.C. where dozens of protestors gathered in Lafayette Park near the White House.

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The Nichols family's legal team has compared the assault to the 1991 police beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles.

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