MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tyre Nichols, the Black man whose death this month at the hands of five Memphis, Tennessee, police officers has triggered national outrage, suffered from 'extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating,' according to a preliminary independent autopsy commissioned by the family.
Brandon Dill for The Washington Post via Getty ImagesMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tyre Nichols, the Black man whose death this month at the hands of five Memphis, Tennessee, police officers has triggered national outrage, suffered from"extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating," according to a preliminary independent autopsy commissioned by the family.
Body camera footage of the incident has yet to be released, but Crump described the video as"appalling,""deplorable,""heinous,""violent" and"troublesome on every level" during a press conference Monday. The Memphis Police Department announced on Friday that it fired the five police officers, all Black, involved in the incident, concluding the department's internal investigation.
Nichols' family said he was kicked, pepper-sprayed and shocked with a stun gun, all while Nichols repeatedly asked,"What did I do?"
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