Tire Nichols’ mother breaks down after being told he begged for her during vicious beating
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Tire Nichols’ heartbroken mother sobbed as she revealed her son cried for her three times when he was brutally beaten by five police officers.
Tire, 29, died in hospital on January 10, three days after a traffic stop that resulted in serious injuries.
Four of the five Memphis police officers charged in her death have since been released on a combined $1 million bail after being arrested yesterday.
His mother, RowVaughn Wells, describes how she felt her son’s pain when officers viciously beat him just blocks from their home, and Tire let out “piercing screams” for his mother.
She breaks down when she says the five black officers beat her 150-pound son “like a piñata,” adding that their assault was like Rodney King’s in 1991.
Tire Nichols’ heartbroken mother sobbed as she revealed her son cried for her three times when he was beaten by police.
RowVaughn told Don Lemon: ‘Yes, he cried for me, because I’m his mother. She was trying to get home to a safe place. He was a mama’s boy
He loves me to death. She has my name tattooed on her arm. She had Chron’s disease and underwent surgery in 2013.
‘I told my husband that my stomach hurt a lot, and once I found out what happened, it was just the fact that I was feeling my son’s pain.
“I was feeling my son’s pain as he was beaten to death. They shamed their own families. They brought shame to the black community.
‘I do not hate anybody. That’s not in my nature, I just feel sorry for them because they did something horrible.
Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis added that she heard Tire call out to his mother in the video, which will be released at 7 p.m. EST.
Tire Nichols is shown at the hospital after the incident. The 29-year-old from Memphis died on January 10 of cardiac arrest and kidney failure, three days after police pulled him over for reckless driving in cars without identification.
Tire Nichols, 29, died in hospital on January 10, three days after a traffic stop that resulted in serious injuries.
She said: ‘I heard him call his mother. I made. Just contempt for humanity.
“I think that’s what really strikes a chord with your heart and makes you wonder: why was a sense of care and concern for this individual absent from this situation?”
The police department will upload the footage to YouTube at 7 pm EST, and steps will be taken to prepare for violent protests.
Justin Smith, Desmond Mills Jr, Emmitt Martin III and Tadarrius Bean have now been released from the Shelby County Jail, according to court records.
A fifth office, Demetrius Haley, is still in jail on $350,000 bail, with all five charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, two counts of official misconduct and oppression. official.
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mutlroy said Tire was left bloody and bruised after he was pepper-sprayed and struck just yards from his home.
RowVaughn Wells said his son was “hit like a piñata” by officers who dragged him out of his car
Five former Memphis police officers have been charged with second-degree murder and other crimes in the arrest and death of Tire Nichols.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation conducted an independent investigation into the use of force by Memphis police.
All five were fired last Friday for rape by police, and city officials said they were notified on January 15.
RowVaughn Wells admitted not seeing the footage, but described seeing his son in hospital as “horrifying”.
She said: ‘People don’t know what those five policemen did to our family, and they really don’t know what they did to their own families. They have put their own families in danger.
They have shamed their own families. They have brought the same to the black community. I feel for them, really.
‘Because they didn’t have to do this, and they have brought a lot of shame to their own families.
Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis said the video of the attack on Nichol was the worst of her career.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation conducted an independent investigation into the use of force by Memphis police in shooting
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump speaks at a news conference with the family of Tire Nichols on Thursday.
‘Once you see this video and I know I didn’t see it, but so I’m horrified. And the humanity of all of it where humanity was.
The family has created a GoFundMe in Tire’s name to help raise money for his funeral and case.
Davis told CNN that the video of the attack left her “outraged” and that the level of violence was “incomprehensible” to her.
Tire’s family hired civil rights lawyer Ben Crump to represent them, also comparing the beating of the FedEx worker to that of Rodney King.
Tire was reportedly able to escape officers after the initial stop, but was found again at another location, with Davis adding, “there was an amount of assault that was unexplained.”
Tire’s parents attended a candlelight vigil for their son on January 26 before a video was released on January 27.
Dozens of people peacefully paid tribute to the slain Fed-Ex worker, and police braced to deal with potential violence after footage of the incident was released.
Memphis police confirmed that they planned to release the video on Friday night to prevent any disruption to community members’ ‘peaceful protest’.
The daughter of Rodney King, who was beaten by LAPD officers in 1991, has warned Tire’s family that they will face a “world of grief” once the images are made public.
Lora King told TMZ that everything would be playing “on a loop” in their heads after seeing the footage.
He was just seven years old when his father was attacked, and police brutality sparked riots when the officers involved were acquitted.
David Rausch, director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, described the video as “absolutely appalling.”
He said: ‘Let me be clear: what happened here does not at all reflect proper policing. This was wrong, and this was criminal.
In addition to the five officers charged Thursday, Davis said in the statement that other officers are also under investigation.
Two Memphis Fire Department personnel were also relieved of their duties pending an investigation.