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Anger and protest in Memphis after police beating video released

Anger and protest in Memphis after police beating video released

MEMPHIS: About 50 protesters gathered Friday night in Memphis, in the southern United States, demanding justice after a video was released showing police violently arresting Tyre Nichols, a young Black man who died a few days after the incident.Waving signs reading “Justice for Tyre” and “End police terror,“ they headed to Martyrs Park in the center of Memphis.Five police officers have been charged with second-degree murder in the beating of the 29-year-old, who died in a Memphis hospital on January 10 three days after being stopped on suspicion of reckless driving.At 6:00 pm on Friday, (0000 GMT Saturday), the few dozen protesters, chanting “No justice, no peace,“ managed to block a major road in the city, causing traffic jams.The procession carried on to a bridge crossing the Mississippi River.“Whose bridge?!” shouted an activist with a megaphone; “Our bridge” came the reply from the crowd.Monica Johnson, a community organizer from Atlanta, said it was “sick” that all the accused pol

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