THE US city of Memphis yesterday released distressing footage of the fatal police beating of a 29-year-old black man, seen calling for his mother as the blows rain down in an assault that has sparked calls for protests – and fears of possible unrest.
Five Memphis officers, also all black, were charged with second-degree murder in the beating of Tyre Nichols, who died in hospital on January 10 three days after being stopped on suspicion of reckless driving.