Video evidence shows how officers approached Nichols’ car while threatening and abusing him, pulled him out, and then pushed him to the ground. The police report filed paints a different scene.
The police report filed in Memphis, Tennessee, following the beating of Tyre Nichols lists the officer who filed it as the victim and the now-deceased FedEx employee as an “irate” assailant. However, video footage strongly contradicts these assertions.
Nichols, 29, died three days after the Jan. 7 beating. The police report, filed early the following morning, claims he tried to fight Memphis police officers, even reaching for one of their weapons, according to today!
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