Cowardly moment Memphis cops wash pepper spray from their OWN eyes, one worries about finding his glasses and another even lights a CIGARETTE while Tyre Nichols is slumped over dying

Daily Mail UK ^ | January 28, 2023 | Ronny Reyes

[Morgana]

Memphis officers were worried about getting pepper spray off their own eyes first and even enjoyed a smoke while Tyre Nichols lay dying on the ground.

Shocking footage of Nichols' encounter with police over a traffic stop shows the moment cops pepper sprayed the 29-year-old, with one officer appearing to accidentally pepper spray himself and another.

The officers cry out in pain and one beats Nichols with a baton afterwards. A cop was later seen asking another officer to flush his eyes with water, while the assisting officer complained about losing his glasses in the initial traffic stop.

After the five officers beat and handcuffed Nichols, who was unable to sit up straight and lay slumped on the ground, one of the officers could be seen lighting a cigarette and smoking as paramedics arrived.

The videos surrounding Nichols death continue to be scrutinized as Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. issued a new internal investigation after suspending two deputies who stood around as Nichols was left writhing in pain.

One of the videos released by Memphis Police shows the moment Nichols was pepper sprayed in the face after yelling for his mother.

The spraying officer appeared to get himself and another as they jumped away from the scene of the arrest, cursing and yelling in pain.

'Ah ****,' the officers could be heard saying as one wiped his face and walked back to Nichols, who was on his feet.

'Watch out! I'm going to baton the **** out of you,' the officer said as he swings his baton while another sucker punches Nichols.

[TTFX]

I see that do not have the ability to ascertain right from wrong.

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He does see right from wrong. Cops are always right. Everyone who disagrees is wrong.

[central_va]

I will not pass judgement at this time. 2 comments:

The perp acted like a wild crazy person when he was being arrested.

If the perp had shut his mouth and gone limp when yanked form car he would be alive right now.

2^nd degree murder seems like overcharging. Voluntary manslaughter would be the better charge at this time.

[McCarthysGhost]

So the message is if a perpetrator fights hard enough with police where they are endangering themselves and their own lives, the cops should just let them go? Just return on their merry way? If you are a criminal and don’t want to be arrested or go to jail just put up enough of a fight when they come for you. Hey, maybe we need a new law. If during an arrest the perpetrator puts up enough of a fight where their lives or the lives of the arresting officers are in danger the police need to back off and just let them go. If criminals want to avoid prison they just simply have to fight hard enough with the police to reach the legal threshold for release. How nice that society would be. We wouldn’t have to see any of these bad police videos anymore. Sure, we will all live in anarchy but that is a small price to pay for the safety of our criminals.

[New Perspective]

Spot on. Blindly supporting any person or group no matter what they do is poor practice on all levels.

[New Perspective]

Targeting of police is by a small number. Supporting LEO’s who abuse their power and murder someone does not correlate with the police being targeted.

[Mathews]

I don’t.

[MeganC]

Thank you.

[kenmcg]

Does anyone know the reason they stopped Nichols in the first place? Was there a chase, reckless driving, etc?