Horrific video shows five cops beating Tyre Nichols to death as he screams for his mum

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Horrific video shows five cops beating Tyre Nichols to death as he screams for his mum

The murder of Tyre Nichols by police officers in the US has sparked outrage and everyone with a platform is condemning the killing after footage was released.

The bodycam footage was released on Friday, Jan. 27, 2022.

It shows Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old FedEx driver, repeatedly screamed "Mum, Mum" as he was brutally attacked by five police officers on Jan. 7, 2023. He died three days later on January 10 from "extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating," according to the preliminary results of an autopsy, having suffered a cardiac arrest and kidney failure.

Horrific video shows five cops beating Tyre Nichols to death as he screams for his mum

Four videos of his fatal arrest were released by Memphis officials leading to widespread outrage in the US, as the officers are even heard bragging about the horrific onslaught.

One officer boasts: "I was hitting him with straight haymakers, dog" whilst another says: "I'm gonna baton the f*** out of him."

In other footage, one police officer repeatedly lands punches to a defenceless Nichols' head and body while two colleagues hold him upright, with a number of upper cuts rocking back his head.

Horrific video shows five cops beating Tyre Nichols to death as he screams for his mum

Another sickening video shows one officer kick Nichols with force to his head as he is being held on the ground by two others.

In further disturbing scenes, Nichols calls out for his mum and, at different points pleads: "I didn't do anything", "I'm just trying to go home" and "Stop, I'm not doing anything."

But the relentless beating, including pepper spraying and tasering, continues.

Nichols had initially been pulled over for a traffic stop by law enforcement on January 7 in Memphis, Tennessee, for what was reported as reckless driving.

Then there followed two altercations with the officers.

District Attorney Steve Mulroy said that pepper spray was deployed in the first altercation and Nichols' fatal injuries occurred in the second.

He was eventually taken away by an ambulance but died three days later.