Protest in Dallas over video of attack on Tyre Nichols

A protest was held Friday night in Dallas in response to the death of Tyre Nichols, a man who died three days after being beaten by police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, during a traffic stop.

Dallas-based advocacy group Next Generation Action Network announced Friday that they plan to gather with supporters outside Dallas Police Headquarters on Botham Jean Boulevard at 6:30 p.m.

Together, some watched videos released by the city of Memphis showing Nichols being beaten.

“When I saw this video, my heart just melted at the way they repeatedly, repeatedly beat and kicked this young man, who was clearly scared. He was clearly scared. He called his mother. And for me, it broke my heart,” Antong Lucky said.

Minister Dominique Alexander of NGAN said he organized the protest in Dallas because of the unresolved issues he said persist between the black community and the police.

“So many people in America love to reflect on the legacy and life of Martin Luther King, and when so many people say, ‘Why does it matter here in Dallas? Why are we protesting in Dallas? Why are we reacting? in his words, “a threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” because you love to quote Dr. King all the time,” Alexander said.

Local protest organizers and longtime Dallas police officer respond to the Memphis traffic stop that ended in the death of Tyre Nichols.

On Friday, Alexander said they hope to draw attention to issues in the culture of policing that encourage bad apples, regardless of the officer’s skin color.

“Take a lesson from Memphis. Learn from what that police chief said. There is a problem in law enforcement when the training and development of our officers, which we pay for with our tax dollars, results in a black being beaten to a pulp. pulp. Leads to a black man having traffic [stop] and then wake up, never,” said Tamara Neal of the Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights.

Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said during a Friday afternoon press conference that his department is standing by the public and that they, too, are frustrated by yet another act of violence that is damaging the confidence of police departments across the country, but any protest in the city must remain peaceful.

Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said during a Friday afternoon press conference that his department is supporting the community and that they, too, are frustrated by yet another act of violence that is damaging the confidence of police departments across the country, but any protest must remain. peaceful.

“We stand for justice together with our community. We want people to have the opportunity to speak out, but to do so peacefully,” Garcia said. “We are not going to tolerate lawlessness. Violence is not the answer. We are doing our best to prepare for such an opportunity if it happens, but we don’t want it to happen. We hope it’s peaceful here.”

Terrence Hopkins, president of the Dallas Black Police Officers Association, is approaching his 33rd year with the Dallas Police Department. Reflecting on his career, he said that he would not change anything in his choice of profession.

However, Hopkins said it was not an easy career.

“Now we have these isolated incidents that appear to be major disruptions to the officer teams. I didn’t see this component as a young officer the way I see it now,” Hopkins said.

Part of the job at the Dallas Black Police Officers Association involves bridging the gap between law enforcement and black communities, he told NBC 5.

“Everyone says that when we have one of these terrible incidents, it sets us back five or ten years. In fact, that seems to be how we work. It’s not like that,” he said. “Most law enforcement will go there and do an excellent job day in and day out.”

Protests erupted across the country when footage of Tyre Nichols being fatally beaten by five Memphis police officers was released on Friday.

Video of a BLACK CAR being beaten by police officers WILL BE PUBLISHED

This week, five former Memphis cops, all black, were charged with second-degree murder and other counts related to the death of Tyre Nichols, a black motorist who died three days after colliding with police.

The Nichols family and their lawyers viewed the footage on Monday and said it showed officers brutally beating a 29-year-old FedEx worker for three minutes in an attack that the legal team compared to the infamous 1991 police beating of a Los Angeles motorist. Angeles Rodney King. His family called on supporters for peaceful protests.

Video of Nichols’ fatal beating is expected to be released by Memphis officials Friday night. Family lawyer Antonio Romanucci described the video as “a real, shameless, non-stop beating” for three minutes.

“Let me be clear: what happened here does not at all reflect proper police work. It was wrong. It was a crime,” said David Rausch, director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, during a press conference.