Washington, D.C
DC protests emerge in response to Tyre Nichols footage
Aspherical 75 folks gathered in Washington, D.C.’s Lafayette Sq. to reveal after Memphis, Tennessee, authorities launched footage on Friday night time displaying officers severely beating Tyre Nichols.
Metropolitan Police Division officers blocked off site visitors on Okay Road between twelfth and thirteenth Streets at about 6 p.m. however reopened the roadway once more at 7:30 p.m. because the group headed to Lafayette Sq..
VIDEO FOOTAGE OF OFFICERS BEATING TYRE NICHOLS RELEASED
DC Police have blocked off Okay Road between twelfth and thirteenth Streets for a small protest in response to the killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee.
Native group ‘Harriet’s Wildest Goals’ is internet hosting this protest. It stated it is avoiding BLM Plaza tonight, calling it a “facade.” pic.twitter.com/d7kJhFFlTy
— Kevin Lewis (@KevinLewis7News) January 27, 2023
Harriet’s Wildest Goals, an area black-led mutual assist and group protection group group, hosted the protest, demanding justice for Nichols, a 29-year-old man fatally injured after 5 officers beat him and put him within the hospital. He died on Jan. 10, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation introduced.
“We’re united in our mission to construct a world the place our households are really secure, with out police,” the group stated in an announcement.
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Washington police stated in an announcement to the Washington Examiner that they’d absolutely activated all sworn personnel in preparation for “attainable First Modification actions.”
“MPD respects the group’s First Modification proper to reveal and peacefully protest,” police stated. “We is not going to tolerate any illegal habits throughout First Modification demonstrations, and we’ll take swift regulation enforcement motion ought to anybody break the regulation.”