Memphis police is facing growing criticism after reports reveal footage of the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols contradicts the official police report while an additional 20 hours of video has not been made public.
According to multiple media outlets on Wednesday, the report depicted Nichols as the aggressor and claimed he started to fight the officers. The officers reported the 29-year-old reached for their guns – all of which was not seen on the body-camera and surveillance videos released last week.
“The incident report that has gone public does not match up on all fours with what one sees when one looks at the video that’s already been released,” Shelby County District Attorney Steven Mulroy told CNN.
Officials still have up to 20 more hours of video and audio to release to the public, ABC News reports.
The new details come nearly a month after Nichols died at the hands of police. On Feb. 1, his family laid him to rest at a funeral service filled with high-profile Black figures, including Rev. Al Sharpton and Vice President Kamala Harris.
“When we look at this situation, this is a family that lost their son and their brother through an act of violence at the hands and the feet of people who had been charged with keeping them safe,” the vice president said.
“You don’t fight crime by becoming criminals yourself…That ain’t the police. That’s punks,” Sharpton said.
The official report from the Memphis Police Department on the Jan. 7 arrest of Nichols omits some of the fired officers’ actions and appears to fabricate actions from Nichols.
While the official police report is expected to be released “within days” according to NBC News, some media outlets have obtained portions of the report, revealing overt contradictions to the gruesome body-camera video.
The videos released by the City of Memphis of the traffic stop began with Nichols seen pulled over as officers approached his driver’s side…
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