Trump joins Biden, Obama in condemning ‘horrible’ beating of Tyre Nichols: ‘Never should have happened’

Former President Donald Trump joined the refrain of these responding to graphic footage from the bodycams of 5 Memphis law enforcement officials who repeatedly beat 29-year-old Tyre Nichols. The footage was launched to the general public Friday, Jan. 27.

“I believed it was horrible. He was in such bother. He was simply being pummeled. Now that ought to by no means have occurred,” Trump stated throughout an interview with The Related Press Saturday.

The footage reveals the officers punching, kicking, pepper spraying and tasing Nichols, a 29-year-old Black father and supply driver, following a visitors cease on Jan. 7. 

He died three days later, on Jan. 10. The officers had been charged along with his homicide.

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Trump, who’s working for the White Home in 2024, stated listening to Nichols repeatedly name out to his mom throughout the assault was notably troublesome. He stated it was “a really unhappy second.”

“That was actually the purpose that obtained me probably the most, to be trustworthy with you,” the previous president stated.

Trump stated Memphis police had been taking a “robust step” in disbanding the SCORPION police unit concerned within the assault, which was created to focus on violent offenders in areas beset by excessive crime. SCORPION stands for Avenue Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods.

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It has been “completely” deactivated because of the Jan. 7 incident, Memphis officers introduced.

Trump additionally referred to as the video “fairly conclusive,” because the officers face homicide expenses.

He additionally instructed the visitors violation was not the officers’ motivation for the beating.

“Look, the tape was maybe not completely conclusive however, to me, it was fairly conclusive and it was vicious and violent and arduous to consider — over a visitors violation,” Trump stated.

Warning: The contents of the beneath video are graphic in nature.

Trump beforehand discouraged violent protests that erupted throughout the nation in the summertime of 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which he additionally condemned.

“When the looting begins, the taking pictures begins,” Trump tweeted, sparking backlash. The tweet was additionally flagged by Twitter as glorifying violence.

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The previous president defended his feedback as trying to discourage escalation, not a name to shoot those that are looting.

He later centered his 2020 reelection bid round “legislation and order” and supporting legislation enforcement.

Former President Donald Trump responded to graphic footage from the bodycam of Memphis law enforcement officials who beat Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black father who later died of his accidents. 
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Trump, whereas in workplace, signed an government order encouraging higher police practices.

Former President Barack Obama additionally responded to the Tyre Nichols bodycam footage.

In a joint tweet, Barack and Michelle Obama stated that Nichols’ dying is a “painful reminder” for America.

“The vicious, unjustified beating of Tyre Nichols and his final dying by the hands of 5 Memphis law enforcement officials is simply the newest, painful reminder of how far America nonetheless has to go in fixing how we police our streets,” the couple stated.

President Joe Biden additionally addressed the video.

“My coronary heart goes out to Tyre Nichols’ household and to Individuals in Memphis and throughout the nation who’re grieving this tremendously painful loss. There are not any phrases to explain the heartbreak and grief of shedding a beloved baby and younger father,” he wrote in an announcement Friday evening.

The Related Press contributed to this report.