Dozens of demonstrators in Denver braved frigid temperatures this weekend to collect on the Colorado state capitol constructing and protest the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols.
About two dozen folks waved indicators, chanted or gave speeches Sunday afternoon throughout a quick protest over Nichols’ loss of life as temperatures hovered round 6 levels and the windchill dropped beneath zero. Protesters additionally gathered on the capitol constructing Saturday for an illustration that began with speeches and ended with a march via metropolis streets, JHB’s information companion Denver7 reported.
“Sizzling, chilly, rain, shine — I come out each time my group wants me,” protester Jennifer Bravo stated Sunday. She stood with a small group of individuals bundled in coats, scarfs, hats and gloves.
Nichols, 29, who was Black, was brutally crushed by 5 Black Memphis law enforcement officials throughout a Jan. 7 site visitors cease, video of the encounter exhibits. He died three days after the beating. The 5 officers have been fired, and every charged with second-degree homicide and associated prices.
Video of the assault exhibits the officers beating Nichols, a FedEx employee, for a number of minutes, after he tried to run away throughout a site visitors cease. Officers kicked him, beat him with a baton and punched him till he collapsed. They then didn’t get him any medical consideration for 20 minutes. Memphis Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis known as the officers’ actions “heinous, reckless and inhumane.”
Bravo known as Nichols’ killing “heartbreaking” and stated his loss of life struck her notably as a result of he left behind a younger son. Bravo has a brother about the identical age.
“Day by day, Black people get brutalized, profiled,” she stated.
One other protester, Jan, who requested to be recognized by her first title to keep away from any issues at work, stated she additionally participated within the widespread protests towards police brutality in 2020 and is annoyed by the established order.
“I’ve been out right here for George Floyd, Elijah McClain,” she stated. “And right here we’re, three years later and we’re nonetheless seeing these sorts of issues taking place.”