Demonstrators are seen outdoors the nation’s capital on Friday night, following the discharge of footage displaying the police killing of Tyre Nichols.

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Demonstrators are seen outdoors the nation’s capital on Friday night, following the discharge of footage displaying the police killing of Tyre Nichols.

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Numerous protests are breaking out throughout the U.S. following Friday’s launch of physique digital camera footage of the killing of Tyre Nichols. All 5 officers concerned in Nichols’ arrest have been fired and charged with second-degree homicide, assault and kidnapping earlier this week.

Protests in some cities led to the calling of the National Guard, whereas others affected transit.

In Memphis, Tenn., the place Nichols died, protesters shut down the I-55 bridge, a serious freeway within the metropolis, shortly after the video’s launch. Officials additionally shut down Grand Central Station in anticipation of protests in New York City, where demonstrators can already be seen in Times Square. A protest in Boston halted traffic.

Officials have been getting ready for nationwide protests within the days main as much as the discharge of the footage. President Joe Biden referred to as the movies “horrific,” whereas Antonio Romanucci, a lawyer representing the Nichols household, stated the 29-year-old was handled like a “human piñata.”

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency this week, and members of the National Guard can be seen in Atlanta, trying to curb protesters. People can also be seen protesting outside the White House hours after Biden urged residents “not to resort to violence or destruction.”

Also on Friday, White House officers additionally spoke with mayors in additional than a dozen main cities — similar to Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Chicago — to temporary them on federal help.

Nichols’ household, together with his mom, RowVaughn Wells, and his stepfather, Rodney Wells, requested protesters to stay peaceable.

“I don’t want us burning up cities, tearing up our streets, because that’s not what my son stood for,” Wells stated at a vigil for her son on Thursday.