The five former Memphis police officers who are charged in the brutal beating death of Tyre Nichols pled not guilty to all charges, including second-degree murder. NBC News’ Priscilla Thompson was inside the courtroom and has more details.
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Lets Be Honest We All Remember This Record:-
https://youtu.be/1kiD3MUdI8Q
We saw what they did. There was no justification for it.
Its dey culture, dey can’t control it
They request we not lose control of OUR emotions and let them interfere with our judgement of THEM?
@Susan Kayexactly. But they can lose control of THEIR emotions at any time. I can’t believe they all had the audacity to plead not guilty. Rest easy Tyre 🕊🕊🕊
I hope they are convicted and given a lengthy sentence! 🤞🤞
5 morons LOL
There’s nothing else to see. They killed him.
Naw he has a heart attack at the hospital 3 days after.. shouldn’t have tried taking the cops gun.
@Jason Dauenbaugh Dude, you really going to try that? Interesting how the dirty cop covered his body cam when saying he’s trying to take my gun. All lies.
@D Kron the parents should make some good money even after crump gets his chunk.
fair trial, when you fools put 5 morons vs 1
I can’t understand how those thugs thought they would get away with his murder and thank God that there are sky cam and he needs Judice because it’s no reason for this kind of behavior and give them life or the death penalty?
It happens all the time! No matter what color you are.
It probably wasn’t their first time. Almost all of these 5 have been caught not reporting use of force in the past.
@Deb Pacheco Justice has finally caught up with them. I’d ask jurors to consider that sad, infuriating fact during sentencing, but they can’t!
david chappelle blind black kkk guys.
He talking about a fair trial and not base on emotions really but did Tyre get a fair trial that night after he lost his life no?
Tyre didn’t grab nobody gun okay so be quiet?
I don’t care if that’s true or not still don’t justify them killing him?
@LaToya Hynson you said you didn’t care about the truth or not. If he had tryed grabbing the cops gun they would have had the right to shoot him but didn’t 🤔. I guarantee the trial is gonna be epic.
@Jason Dauenbaugh I think something is very wrong with your eyes because he didn’t grab nobody gun for what and he just ran so you stop lying on Tyre period those thugs was way out of line period and those thugs mase themselves just fools?
Believe it or not cops lie ,TYRE did not go for that murders gun, next there going to say he tried to steal our car 🙄
Obey the Officers commands. Do not resist arrest.
Do not flee the scene.
Really not that difficult..
That’s how they control you man, they want you to do everything they say when there’s no reason to. That sounds like a police state and we’re looking more like one everyday bozo
@hostility Perfect.. Sounds like you have the right attitude & will be screaming Mom Mom Oz caint breeve 😵 the next time you’re pulled over..
Just a few tips .
Loudly & Aggressively bee 🐝 Axin 🪓why you’ve been stopped..
Make quick hand movements towards your waistline or behind your back.
Start the process by DEMANZIN yo RESPECT ✊🏿 & stating they bee 🐝 Waysis fo stopzin you.
To speed up the process, you can do the Oz bee 🐝 a Sovereign citizen & they have no right to impede yo travel.
Be combative & flee the scene asap.
Voice loudly that you will see that they’re all fired.
Those are just a few to help you along with your experience..
Have you ever been in that situation? He was scared after they started beating him to death.
@Deb Pacheco I actually have been in that situation. Handcuffed & kicked.
When I complained to the other officers , the K-9 officer that kicked me said the dog got out of his car & he tried to kick the dog & missed & kicked me instead 🤥.
The Officers used pain compliance techniques that they were trained in. The baton strikes to the peroneal nerve in the legs , even the punches were within “Use of force continuum” . That being said. The Officers took it too far. They got frustrated like humans do & unfortunately took it too far.
@Bob O He didn’t nothing wrong and he only ran when they started acting more crazy and they never told him why he was pulled over and this is first degree murder period?
They gonna get off. They stick together. They say he was trying to get the cops gun. Ben crump crumped up charges. Old Ben making some big cash these days.
Just plead guilty save us a trial
SICKENING! Signs of No remorse 🤔
Funny that picture looks oddly similar to that of the George Floyd photo. Hmmmm
Suspicious are we?… 🤔Me too😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫🐑🐑🤔
You won’t get justice for your son no one ever has yet!
5 minutes is long enough for murder
This is so ridiculous! I hope the victim gets justice and his murderers get life in prison.
But the guy try to grab the police gun. See complete video.
I don’t know what video you saw because he was handcuffed for no reason and he never tried to grab no gun so be quiet?
They are very guilty!!!!
We all saw what they did! Cops should be charged with first degree murder! Cops should be sentenced death or at very least with life without parole!
No remorse!!! They hunted him!!! They GANGED UP on him!!! They knew he was dieing and still kept beating him!! That’s premeditated!!! Murder 1.
More black on black violence, terrible
Where is all the video? Most were not wearing cams during the beating. Takes guts to plead not guilty.
The video is released and viewable to the public. There’s more to stories than what the mind melting news offer.
Black on black crime 🤷♂️
Cops on defenseless people.
@Deb Pacheco can’t be, there is no riots or looting🤷♂️
Don’t resist
That’s all you have to say because how can he resist arrest when they never told him why he was pulled over l… he only ran because they was acting too aggressively and you need to watch his death videos before you comment or be quiet please?
The one officer said not guilty like really cocky!
Convicted and given the death penalty… murdering cops
God Bless Tyres Mama & family. This breaks my heart. This young man did not deserve any of this! Not even the traffic stop!
Disgusting how the attorneys can argue that their clients deserve a fair trial, and not just a rush to judgment based on the motion, but what they did was exactly that. Lack of a fair trial, and a rush to judgment. Absolutely no reason or excuse for it.
Those Officers captured, tortured and murdered Tyre N. without him having the benefit of a trial. They’re already getting more than they granted him
It tyre was alive still this wouldn’t even be happening it’s like you have to die before Americans care about you.
This’s how it should be innocent until proven guilty. But Tyre wasn’t treated that way. SMH
So is everyone gonna go hog wild or was Floyd a once over?
Difference here is and it’s a big one: These thugs were arrested and charged asap while chauvin and the other little piggies were walking around without charges.
@hostility Chauvin was arrested after four days. It took longer than that to arrest these 5. You’ve been fed nothing but false narratives.
The officers shall reap what they sow!saids the Bible!
Amen!!!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Pray justice be served!
How much White liberal guilt am I supposed to feel this time?
Comply, don’t die. This all could have been avoided if he didn’t flee, no sympathy for this guy. More blk on blk violence
“They should have more people who look like Tyre Nichols in the police department!” 💀🤣
Rest in peace, Tyre 🕊️🙏🏾 Hopefully the jurors make sure justice is served.
Lol
What the 🏒🏒They rush to k ll him. & where are the other pictures of the other officers charged? Hum I know smh. Lock them all up.
I know they ain’t talking about not guilty,they need to throw the book at them,and the whole dam department,sue all of them
Rest in peace 5 police officers 😂🎉 Rot in prison 🎉
I’m not the one to condemn a person but I pray they never see daylight again .. may our brother,son and and father rest in peace. Praying for justice 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
From your mouth to God’s ear. 🙏
Man dey din du nuffin man cmon chitttt
They’re all scared of the China flu…got on the China mask😷 ….lol…cowards
May they each have a harsh, difficult, and lonely life in prison.
We’ll that’s one less tryon out the way
So they were on video with this young man for 20 hours? Talking about a dumb lawyer. They are Murderers. PERIOD
He’s probably talking about all the video footage added together (traffic cams, dash cams, body cams, etc).
Well, we just need the fools to fast forward to the part where they actually killed someone during the 20-hour footage of assorted cop beatings.
20 hours of video? The beating didn’t last for 20 hours. 19 hours is probably those Officers coming up with their stories about what happened. But Jurors should get to watch all the available footage.
SAVAGES!!!!!!!
Tyre Nichols “Wishes y’all hadn’t murdered him.”
Then lets see that 20 hours of video.
GUILTY!!!!!
If them fooz are not guilty iam
So the lawyer’s argument is, “don’t believe your lying eyes, my client is innocent”.
They are murders.
It always brings a tear of joy to my eye when a police officer loses their qualified immunity. Considering the fact that NONE of them should have it. Ending qualified immunity is power to the people.
anything less than the death penalty is a miscarriage of justice
If those attorneys don’t make you sick your doomed
A bet they will say drugs or alcohol in the system
The system works.
Poor ole Preston, showed up at the wrong time, and got sentenced with these 5 scum
Yeah its more video that police don’t want the public to see
Plead Not Guilty we saw it All on Video lock them up for life No Parole send message. Facts.
All over baby mama drama…. Can take the clown out of the ghetto…. Can’t take the ghetto out of the clown
In all the cases of police murders of unarmed black people i notice one thing in common::: it always seemed to take more than one of them!