For the second day in a row, New Yorkers took to the streets in the name of Tyre Nichols, turning their sadness into strength. JennBisramTV reports from a gathering in Washington Square Park.
Marchers chanted Tyre Nichols' name in the streets of Newark in a demonstration organized by People's Organization for Progress. Outrage came just hours after the city of Memphis released bodycam and surveillance video of the last moments of the 29-year-old's life.
"Enough. My message to those officers, enough, and I'm surprised that you would actually do something like this. This is just appalling in what you have done," Newark resident Gee Cureton said.The National Action Network's House of Justice in Harlem on Saturday morning also rallied in response to the video released Friday.
Sharpton said not only should the officers involved in the violent encounter in early January be charged, but all the first responders who witnessed his beating, that went on for several minutes, should be as well. "He said, 'What did I do? I didn't do nothing.' They grab him and start beating him. He runs," Sharpton said.
Mayor Eric Adams also tweeted out his response to the video, calling it an abomination and issued a video response.There’s a lot of pain in America right now.Our hearts go out to the family and friends of
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