Tyre Nichols’ Mom Won’t Watch Police Body Cam Footage After Public Release

Tyre Nichols‘ mom cannot carry herself to observe the video of Memphis police beating her son so badly he ended up dying in a hospital — she says it might simply be too painful.

Civil rights legal professional Ben Crump, who’s representing the Nichols household, tells TMZ … Tyre’s mom, RowVaughn Wells, remains to be not inquisitive about watching the police physique cam footage … though it was launched Friday to the general public.

We’re instructed Tyre’s mother is glad the video is out now, so people can see what actually occurred … however she simply cannot bear to see it herself — simply as she did not when it was first made accessible to the household. Ben says she in all probability by no means will watch it.

As we reported … the video is each bit as disturbing as Tyre’s household and regulation enforcement described, and it began with a visitors cease Jan. 7 in Memphis.

In the footage, you see officers wail on Tyre as he screams for his mother — punching him within the face, kicking him within the head, utilizing pepper spray and even beating him with a baton.

After a large wrestle, cops received Tyre in handcuffs and sat him up towards a police automotive — Tyre writhes in ache for almost 20 minutes earlier than he is given medical help.

Following a vicious beating from cops, Tyre complained he was having shortness of breath and he was rushed to a hospital, the place he died 3 days later.

While ugly, Crump says Tyre’s mother thinks it is extraordinarily essential for the world to see how police handled her son … and she or he hopes the video prevents the same tragedy from taking place to a different household.

The video’s already being linked to the beating of Rodney King method again in 1991 … and we’re instructed Tyre’s mother understands the footage is triggering for a lot of, and she or he’s making ready to be flooded with calls.

The 5 Memphis law enforcement officials concerned within the incident — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmit Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith — have already been fired and charged with second-degree homicide.

One factor Tyre’s mother would not need to get glossed over … the incident is not only a hashtag for her … her son is useless.