CJ Davis says department will release ‘alarming’ video of officers, now charged with murder of black man who died days later
She said she has watched the tape and heard Nichols calling out for his mother as he was being beaten.
“They have brought shame to their own families. They brought shame to the Black community. I just feel sorry for them. I really do,” she said. Antonio Romanucci, one of the attorneys representing Nichols’s family, called on Davis to disband the specialized police group known as the Scorpion unit which the five police officers were a part of and had been set up to reduce crime.Van Turner, president of the Memphis branch of the NAACP, said that the police had committed the kind of crimes they are supposed to be fighting against.
“It is not,” she said. “It’s about human dignity, integrity, accountability and the duty to protect our community.” But she added: “It does indicate to me that bias might be a factor also in the manner in which we engage the community.”Joe Biden appealed for calm as marches were planned in a host of US cities.
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