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

Tyre Nichols‘ mom cannot convey herself to look at the video of Memphis police beating her son so badly he ended up dying in a hospital — she says it could 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 fascinated by watching the police physique cam footage … though it was launched Friday to the general public.

We’re informed Tyre’s mother is glad the video is out now, so of us can see what actually occurred … however she simply cannot bear to see it herself — simply as she did not when it was first made out there to the household. Ben says she most likely by no means will watch it.

As we reported … the video is each bit as disturbing as Tyre’s household and legislation 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 an enormous wrestle, cops acquired Tyre in handcuffs and sat him up towards a police automobile — 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 necessary for the world to see how police handled her son … and he or she hopes the video prevents an analogous tragedy from occurring to a different household.

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

The 5 Memphis cops 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 does not wish to get glossed over … the incident is not only a hashtag for her … her son is useless.