Horror in the US due to the new death of an African American at the hands of the police [VIDEO]

A video of five black police officers beating a young African American man to death caused consternation and misunderstanding in the United States.

FROM Sheena NicholsThe 29-year-old died in early January, his family continues to call for calm. And before the video was released live and uncut on mainstream television on Friday night, President Joe Biden called his mother and stepfather and urged the public to hold a peaceful demonstration.

Rallies, some of which numbered in the tens of hundreds, took place Friday night in Memphis, New York and Washington, with more planned for Saturday.

Robert Jones, 26, a store clerk in Memphis, viewed clips from the video. “I heard it’s a new year, but nothing changes,” he said, referring to the police violence.

“It’s horrendous to see five big guys hit this guy,” said Nancy Schulte, 69, an administrator at the city’s hotel.

A video released by police shows a beating after a routine stop on January 7 in Memphis, Tennessee.

The police beat the young man with batons, tear gas and electric shocks. you never see Sheena Nichols try to attack the cops. He tries to run away and is caught.

“Mother. Mommy! Mommy,” he shouts in one of the videos.

The incident appears to have taken place about 100 meters from his mother’s home. And the ambulance didn’t come for 20 minutes.

Sheena Nichols he died three days later in a Memphis hospital.

Police “culture”

Five police officers were fired, charged with murder and sent to prison. Four of them were later released on bail.

On Friday, expressing horror, the family said they were “satisfied” with the charges against the five officers and praised the “quick” action taken against them.

Despite the words of the family Sheena Nichols“If the verdict is wrong, there will be more protests,” predicted DeMarcus Carter, a 36-year-old African American living in Memphis, after watching the video.

“Could be me” instead Sheena Nicholshe added.

After the images shown in the video, there are still many questions. The video does not show the beginning of the interaction between Sheena Nichols and agents.

This new arrest death has rekindled the debate about police violence in a country where the memory of George Floyd, who was killed in 2020 by a white police officer, still lingers, sparking a social crisis.

Ben Crump, one of the family’s lawyers Nicholshe blamed “an institutionalized policing culture”.

“It doesn’t matter if the agent is black, Hispanic or white (…). There are unwritten rules that if a person belongs to a certain ethnic group, they can be treated with excessive force,” he said. Saturday on MSNBC.

“This is the culture that killed Sheena Nichols”, he added.

(According to AFP)

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