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Up to 20 hours of footage relating to Tyre Nichols’ deadly beating yet to be released, prosecutor says | CNN

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Up to 20 hours of footage relating to Tyre Nichols’ deadly beating yet to be released, prosecutor says | CNN

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As much as 20 hours of further footage regarding the lethal Memphis police beating of a 29-year-old Black man has but to be launched, a prosecutor stated Wednesday as his workplace contemplates whether or not to file extra fees within the case.

The unreleased footage surrounding Tyre Nichols’ brutal January 7 visitors cease most notably contains audio of what was stated after the beating and after an ambulance takes Nichols to a hospital, Shelby County prosecutor Steven Mulroy advised CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.

When that unseen video shall be launched publicly shall be as much as town of Memphis and Memphis police, he stated.

Town final week launched body-camera and surveillance footage displaying what Mulroy stated is “the related elements” of the preliminary cease and the beating at a second location. However the different footage may play a key investigative position.

The launched video already has contradicted what officers stated occurred within the preliminary police report filed after Nichols’ beating. And potential fees of “false reporting” associated to the preliminary police report are being investigated, Erica Williams, a spokesperson for Mulroy’s workplace, advised CNN Wednesday.

“The incident report that has gone public doesn’t match up on all fours with what one sees when one seems to be on the video that’s already been launched,” Mulroy stated Wednesday.

Such feedback are a sign that that is the newest instance of the arrest of a Black particular person through which the model of occasions given by authorities doesn’t match up with video or witness accounts. Different situations – such because the lethal encounters involving George Floyd, Ronald Greene and Walter Scott – have led to fees filed in opposition to legislation enforcement officers.

Final week’s launch of video of Nichols being repeatedly punched and kicked by police shook a nation lengthy accustomed to movies of police brutality – particularly in opposition to folks of colour – and spurred largely peaceable weekend protests from New York to Los Angeles.

On Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris, the Rev. Al Sharpton and households of different Black folks killed in police encounters got here collectively for Nichols’ funeral, celebrating his life and making renewed requires police reform.

“There ought to be no different youngster that ought to undergo the way in which my son and all the opposite mother and father right here (who) have misplaced their kids” have, stated RowVaughn Wells, Nichols’ mom.

The preliminary police report filed in Memphis advised Nichols was violent. It additionally made no point out of the officers punching and kicking him.

It claimed Nichols “began to combat” with officers and at one level grabbed the gun of one of many detectives, two issues not seen in police movies launched final week. And regardless that the movies don’t seem to indicate Nichols preventing again, the report lists Nichols as a suspect in an aggravated assault.

The report additionally describes one of many officers on the scene – one in every of 5 now charged with second diploma homicide – as a “sufferer.”

Whereas authorities haven’t launched the police report, a photograph of a police report was posted by a controversial Memphis radio discuss present host. The police report account was first reported by The New York Occasions.

Up to now, 5 Memphis law enforcement officials, all of whom are Black, have been fired and charged with second-degree homicide. As well as, two different law enforcement officials have been placed on go away, the SCORPION unit they have been a part of was disbanded, three Memphis Fireplace Division personnel have been fired and two sheriff’s deputies have been placed on go away.

Mulroy has requested the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to expedite its investigation, and all concerned within the encounter are being scrutinized as prosecutors think about further fees, he has stated.

These beneath scrutiny embrace personnel who confirmed up after the beating on the second scene and those that filed paperwork, Mulroy stated.

Nichols’ funeral on Wednesday noticed a celebration of the younger man’s life, but in addition a recognition of households of different Black folks killed and a united name for police reform.

His mom remembered him as “an exquisite particular person” and echoed others in calling for passage of the George Floyd Policing Act.

Harris additionally known as Nichols’ dying a second that calls for congressional police reform.

“As vice chairman of the USA, we demand that Congress go the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Joe Biden will signal it and we must always not delay,” Harris stated Wednesday.

That laws twice cleared the Home however it by no means went anyplace within the Senate. If handed, the act would arrange a nationwide registry of police misconduct to cease officers from evading penalties by shifting to a different jurisdiction.

“Why will we wish to see the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act handed? As a result of then you need to assume twice earlier than you beat Tyre Nichols. You assume twice earlier than you shoot at somebody unarmed,” Sharpton stated.

Sharpton known as out the 5 Black former officers charged in Nichols’ dying and invoked Martin Luther King Jr., who was killed in Memphis in 1968.

“Within the metropolis that Dr. King misplaced his life … you beat a brother to dying,” Sharpton stated.

“There’s nothing extra insulting and offensive to these of us that combat to open doorways, that you just walked by way of these doorways and act like the parents we needed to combat for to get you thru them doorways. You didn’t get on the police division by your self,” Sharpton stated. “The police chief didn’t get there by herself. Folks needed to march and go to jail and a few misplaced their lives to open the doorways for you and the way dare you act like that sacrifice was for nothing.”

Nichols’ household is trying to get justice, not only for them but in addition for all of the households, his stepfather, Rodney Wells, stated.

“This can be a steady combat that we’ve got to combat for. We have now to combat for justice. We can’t proceed to let these folks brutalize our children,” Wells stated.

Tyre Nichols’ sister: ‘All I would like is my child brother again’

By tears, Nichols’ mom known as the tragedy her household suffered “unimaginable.”

“The one factor that’s retaining me going is the truth that I actually, really consider that my son was despatched right here on an project from God,” she stated tearfully at Wednesday’s funeral.

“I suppose now his project is completed and he’s been taken house,” she added.

Nichols’ sister shared reminiscences of him through the service and mirrored on his dying.

“I see the world displaying him love and preventing for his justice, however all I would like is my child brother again,” the sister, Keyana Dixon, stated by way of tears.

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China prices weaken further as economic pressures mount

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June 8, 2025

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China prices weaken further as economic pressures mount

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China’s consumer prices remained in deflation for the fourth straight month and producer prices fell at their fastest pace in nearly two years, piling pressure on policymakers as they try to boost domestic demand and negotiate trade tensions with the US.

The country’s consumer price index fell 0.1 per cent year on year in May, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday. Producer prices, which reflect the cost of goods at the factory gate, dropped 3.3 per cent, the fastest rate of decline since July 2023.

US-China trade tensions have weighed on the economic backdrop in a country already grappling with a prolonged property slowdown. Talks between US and Chinese representatives are expected to take place in London later on Monday, after a telephone call between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping last week.

Inflation data in China has for years been close to deflationary territory, raising concerns over consumer confidence and adding to calls for more stimulus from Beijing.

The People’s Bank of China last month announced cuts to key lending rates as part of a steady easing that has also seen mortgage rates reduced to support the housing sector.

There has also been intense competition in mainland industries especially in the automotive sector, which has seen a wave of recent price cuts amid a battle for market share.

Zichun Huang, China economist at Capital Economics, noted core inflation, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.6 per cent, its highest level in almost a year, but added that “persistent overcapacity will keep China in deflation both this year and next”.

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Newsom Calls Threat to Use Marines 'Deranged'

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June 8, 2025

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National Guard members sent tear gas into a crowd of protesters outside a federal detention center in Los Angeles on Sunday, while President Trump and his aides escalated their threats to use force against demonstrators opposing immigration enforcement. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted on X that active-duty Marines stationed at nearby Camp Pendleton were on “high alert” and would be mobilized “if violence continues”—which experts said would violate the law and California Gov. Gavin Newsom called “deranged,” the Washington Post reports. Although there were clashes in spots, police reported most of the city was calm. Developments include:

Deployment: US Northern Command said 300 members of the California National Guard ordered in by Trump arrived in the morning, assigned to protect federal property and personnel. They were spotted unloading equipment at a federal building on Wilshire Boulevard and at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building, per the Post.

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Junk bond sales surge as companies try to beat fresh tariff uncertainty

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June 8, 2025

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US companies with risky credit ratings are rushing to sell junk bonds ahead of an expected resurgence of trade tensions in July that could depress demand for corporate debt.

Companies with weaker credit ratings tapped the high-yield bond market for $32bn in May, the most since October, according to data from JPMorgan. Junk bond sales in the first week of June already have surpassed April’s $8.6bn total.

Bankers and investors say they expect a steady flow of new debt sales during the rest of the month and into July while demand remains high and market uncertainty stays relatively low.

But the expiration of the 90-day pause on Donald Trump’s so-called “liberation day” tariffs early next month could set up another surge in uncertainty, echoing the early April ructions that ground the market for new levered debt deals to a halt.

“You get into these patterns where the market gets into a lull and gets ahead of itself. It feels good now, but it’s setting up for some volatility in July,” said David Forgash, a portfolio manager at Pimco.

The extra costs paid by risky corporate borrowers to lenders compared to US government debt, known as spreads, jumped from 3.5 percentage points on April 1 to 4.61 percentage points on April 7, according to Ice BofA data.

That was the highest level for corporate borrowing costs since May 2023, as investors demanded a higher premium for the added risk they saw following Trump’s April 2 tariff announcement.

As progress appeared to be made in trade negotiations between the US and China, spreads retreated back to the levels experienced in late March. Still, they have not come back to the historically low marks seen in late 2024 and early 2025, when junk bond spreads fell below 3 percentage points.

One leveraged finance banker noted that debt markets have been able to look past not only Trump’s new tariffs, but the protracted conflicts in Israel and Palestine and between Russia and Ukraine when deciding whether and how much to invest.

But higher than expected tariffs or a new geopolitical conflict involving a world power “could throw a spanner in the works”, the banker said.

“I don’t think we’re going to go back to April where the market is grinding to a halt, but it’s certainly going to cause spreads to be wider,” the banker said.

There is also strong demand for highly rated corporate credit. Bank of America strategists say they expect investment-grade bond sales to be between $110bn and $120bn in June, which would be the most for the calendar month since 2021.

Kyle Stegemeyer, head of investment grade debt capital markets and syndicate at US Bancorp, said he expected companies to continue to take advantage of lulls in volatility before potential surges due to tariffs and tax bill negotiations.

“I think most issuers are coming to the conclusion that if there’s an open window and the backdrop’s attractive, why wait it out until closer to maturity?”