Protests For The Brutal Murder Of Tyre Nicholas Begin Following Release Of Video, Protestors Gather In NYC, Memphis, D.C., and More

Friday was a tragic day for the world and humanity. Officers launched the brutal video that exhibits 5 Memphis law enforcement officials violently beating Tyre Nichols.

Protestors peacefully convened throughout the nation to protest for Nichols, together with Washington D.C., Boston, Seattle, Detroit, Atlanta, and Memphis. There was additionally a big turnout Friday evening in New York Metropolis.

Nonetheless, not all protests have been peaceable. One man, protesting in Occasions Sq., was photographed standing on the hood of an NYPD car, stomping and punching the windshield.

Officers threw him to the bottom and positioned him in handcuffs. Protesters gathered round, repeatedly telling the officers, “Simple, don’t damage him.

The man was arrested, together with two different girls, one for writing graffiti on a police automobile and the opposite for assaulting an officer, TMZ reported.

In downtown Los Angeles, demonstrators tore down a barricade. One protester allegedly tossed a lit firework at a police car, engulfing it in smoke. Nonetheless, it’s unclear if anybody was injured or arrested.

About 100 cyclists and skaters in a experience out protest in Manhattan in opposition to police brutality within the wake of the #TyreNichols homicide pic.twitter.com/Ze2r54pFMZ

— Scott Heins (@scottheins) January 28, 2023