在提尔·尼科尔斯被绑架近三周后暴力逮捕在田纳西州的孟菲斯，市政官员放他与警察发生致命冲突的令人不安的镜头。
谢尔比县地方检察官史蒂夫·马尔罗伊在一份声明中说，孟菲斯警察在一次交通拦截后殴打29岁男子的画面于周五公布，“因为这对社区和提尔的家人来说很重要，因为他们希望世界成为他们的证人，感受他们的痛苦”。
这些视频的发布让人们对1月7日晚尼科尔斯死前三天发生的事情有了更多的了解。尽管这也引发了更多关于这一事件的问题，这一事件引发了全国范围的愤怒。
录像显示了什么
孟菲斯市周五在Vimeo上分享了三段来自随身相机的视频，并警告说:“视频包含图形内容和语言。有些人可能会觉得冒犯。建议观众自行判断。”第四段视频——来自城市电线杆摄像头的无声监控录像——也被公布，总计约67分钟。
第一个视频
这个大约11分钟的片段是一段人体摄像机视频，显示了尼科尔斯在一次交通拦截中与警察的最初争吵。当他被拉出车外，摔倒在地时，可以听到尼科尔斯说，“我什么也没做，”并至少两次告诉警察，他“只是想回家。”
在争吵中，一名警官警告尼科尔斯，“我要打你的a -”和“我要电击你的a -”，不同的警官将他按在地上，并对他大喊大叫。尼科尔斯的语气保持平静，一度告诉警察，“你们现在真的做了很多。”当警察试图用电击枪对付他时，他设法挣脱了他们，然后逃跑了。
拍摄这段人体摄像机视频的警官沿路追赶他，然后回到最初争吵的现场。最终，他通过无线电得知其他警察在附近发现了尼科尔斯，他说了两次，“我希望他们踩他的a -”
第二个视频
这个大约31分钟的片段是一个从城市监控摄像头拍摄的头顶监控广角镜头，提供了令人不安的殴打的鸟瞰图。
可以看到几名警察和尼科尔斯在一起，站在他身边，看着他倒在地上。当两名警察按住他时，第三名警察踢了他一脚。第四名警察拿着警棍走过来，警察们把Nichols从地上捡起来，把他举起来，警察们似乎在打他的脸和躯干。
尼科尔斯双膝跪地，几名警察跪在他身旁，另一名警察似乎站在几英尺外看着他。更多的警察跑进了画面。至少有一名警官在尼科尔斯倒地时踢了他一脚。从第一次踢腿开始大约三分钟，他们开始走开。他们最终将他拖到街上，将他靠在一辆汽车上，因为他似乎双手放在背后。
尼科尔斯仍然瘫在车旁大约20分钟，直到警察第一次试图帮助他。几分钟后，在救护车到来之前，急救人员俯身看着尼科尔斯。
第三个视频
大约6分钟的剪辑是人体摄像机视频，显示警察殴打尼科尔斯，从第二个剪辑中可以看到用警棍殴打尼科尔斯的警察的有利位置拍摄。
录像显示，当尼科尔斯开始喊住在附近的母亲时，警察殴打他并喷洒胡椒喷雾。可以听到他至少尖叫了三次“妈妈”。警官们多次对尼科尔斯大喊“把手给我。”可以听到拿着警棍的警察说，“我要用警棍打死你”，然后似乎在他的背上打了三下。警察把尼科尔斯拉到一个台子上，然后对他拳打脚踢。
第四个视频
大约19分钟的剪辑是殴打现场的另一个人体摄像机视频，尽管不到两分钟的镜头不知何故受到影响，什么也看不见。可以听到音频，包括尼科尔斯大喊“妈妈。”几分钟后，这段视频再次出现，显示尼科尔斯瘫倒在一辆汽车旁的地上。后来在视频中，当警官们站在现场重复事件的发展时，他们声称尼科尔斯伸手拿了至少两个警官的枪。
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剩余问题
这些录像有助于回答关于那天晚上发生了什么的问题，特别是对尼科尔斯的家人来说。他的母亲RowVaughn Wells说，警察最初告诉她，她的儿子被电击和胡椒喷雾，尽管他在医院受伤的程度表明发生了更暴力的事情。对于他的继父罗德尼·威尔斯来说，这段视频“证明”尼科尔斯对警察没有威胁。
尽管这些录像也引发了对该事件的质疑，包括:
是什么导致尼科尔斯被拦下来的?
目前还不清楚最初是什么导致了交通堵塞，也不清楚为什么警察的反应如此激烈。第一个视频是从一名警官到达现场的有利位置拍摄的，当时尼科尔斯正被拖出他的车，停在红灯前。
在第四段视频中，当警察讲述交通停车时，一个人声称尼科尔斯差点开车撞上迎面而来的车辆，而另一个人声称尼科尔斯在试图让他靠边停车时突然转向，差点撞上他的车。
警方说他因鲁莽驾驶被拦下，尽管孟菲斯警察局长切瑞林·戴维斯说她无法证实这一点。
“我确实认为停车本身就很有问题，”戴维斯说告诉ABC新闻的乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯在周五“早安美国”的采访中"我们无法证实鲁莽驾驶的指控。"
田纳西州众议员G.A .哈达威表示，关于案件的时间表和后勤问题尚未得到回答，并呼吁澄清指挥链，因为它涉及到汽车追逐和暴力冲突的通知。
“这个故事还有更多，我认为孟菲斯和谢尔比县的公民有权知道整个故事，”他在周六的新闻发布会上说。
会提出更多指控吗?
五名警官被解雇被控二级谋杀尽管录像显示现场有几名身份不明的警察。
代表这家人的律师本·克伦普(Ben Crump)告诉美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)，这段视频引发了更多关于谁参与其中的问题，包括最初交通站的身份不明的官员，他的身体摄像机镜头被公布，以及他们是否会面临任何后果。
谢尔比县警长周五宣布，在视频发布后不久，两名在警察对峙现场的谢尔比县警长的副手被解除职务，等待调查。警长表示，他已经对他们的行为展开调查，“以确定发生了什么，以及是否违反了任何政策”，但没有提供进一步的信息。
当地地方检察官表示，该案件可能会有更多的指控。
为什么急救反应这么久?
从殴打结束到警官第一次试图救助Nichols(当时他正躺在地上)之间似乎过了大约20分钟。直到殴打结束超过22分钟后，视频中才能看到急救人员。
警方称，尼科尔斯在被捕期间抱怨呼吸急促，随后被送往医院，情况危急。
孟菲斯消防部门表示，在该机构对尼科尔斯的死亡进行调查期间，两名参与尼科尔斯初始病人护理的员工上周被调离岗位。消防部门周五更新说，它正在审查录像，并计划在下周初结束调查。
被指控的官员的角色是什么?
此案中被指控的前警官之一小德斯蒙德·米尔斯(Desmond Mills Jr .)的律师也表示，这些视频对他的当事人来说“产生了和答案一样多的问题”，他说当事人并不是第一个到达现场的人。
“一些遗留的问题需要关注德斯蒙德·米尔斯的个人行为;德斯蒙德知道什么，当他到达现场时他能看到什么;德斯蒙德知道什么，他在被胡椒喷雾后能看到什么;以及德斯蒙德的行为是否超越了事件中其他警察的界限，”律师布莱克·巴林在一份声明中说。
Ballin补充说，他们“有信心”回答米尔斯是否“越过了其他人越过的线，以及他是否犯下了被指控的罪行，都将得到响亮的“不”
Tyre Nichols: What the video footage reveals, and questions that remain
Nearly three weeks after Tyre Nichols was violently arrested in Memphis, Tennessee, city officials released disturbing footage of his fatal confrontation with police.
The graphic footage of Memphis police officers beating the 29-year-old following a traffic stop was released Friday "because it was important to the community and to Tyre’s family, as they want the world to be their witness and feel their pain," Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said in a statement.
The release of the videos sheds more light on what happened to Nichols on the night of Jan. 7, three days before he died. Though it also prompts more questions about the incident, which has sparked nationwide outrage.
What the footage shows
Three videos from body worn cameras were shared to Vimeo by the city of Memphis on Friday with the warning: "Footage contains graphic content and language. Some may find offense. Viewer discretion is advised." A fourth video -- soundless surveillance footage from a city pole camera -- was also released, amounting to about 67 minutes total.
1st video
The roughly 11-minute clip is a body camera video that shows Nichols' initial altercation with police during a traffic stop. As he is pulled out of his car and wrestled to the ground, Nichols can be heard saying, "I didn't do anything," and tells officers at least twice that he is "just trying to go home."
During the altercation an officer warns Nichols, "I'm going to beat your a--" and "I'm going to tase your a--," as various officers hold him on the ground and yell at him. Nichols' tone remains calm, at one point telling the cops, "You guys are really doing a lot right now." He manages to break free from the officers as they appear to try to deploy a stun gun on him and he runs away.
The officer from whose vantage point this body camera video is taken chases him down the road and then turns back to the scene of the initial altercation. Eventually, he learns over the radio that other officers have found Nichols nearby and he says twice, "I hope they stomp his a--."
2nd video
The roughly 31-minute clip is an overhead surveillance wide-angle shot taken from a city surveillance camera that offers a bird's-eye view of the unsettling beating.
Several officers can be seen grouped with Nichols, standing over him as he's on the ground. As two officers hold him down, a third kicks him. A fourth officer comes over with a baton and the officers pick Nichols up from the ground and hold him up while officers appear to strike him in the face and torso.
As Nichols falls to his knees, several officers kneel and lean over him, while another appears to stand a few feet away watching. Additional officers run into the frame. At least one officer kicks Nichols while he is on the ground. About three minutes from the first kick, they begin to step away. They eventually drag him into the street and lean him up against a car as he appears to have his hands behind his back.
Nichols remains slumped next to the car for roughly 20 minutes it appears before officers' first attempt to render him aid. Several minutes later EMTs appear to lean over Nichols before an ambulance appears.
3rd video
The roughly 6-minute clip is body camera video that shows the officers beating Nichols, taken from the vantage point of the officer who can be seen hitting Nichols with a baton in the second clip.
The footage shows officers beating Nichols and spraying pepper spray as he begins yelling for his mother, who lived nearby. He can be heard screaming "mom" at least three times. The officers yell multiple times at Nichols to "give me your hands." The officer with the baton can be heard saying, "I'ma baton the f--- out of you" then appears to strike him on the back three times. Officers pull Nichols to a stand, then appear to punch and slap him.
4th video
The approximately 19-minute clip is another body camera video from the scene of the beating, though less than two minutes in the camera is somehow affected and nothing is visible. Audio can be heard, including Nichols yelling out "mom." The video becomes visible once again several minutes later, showing Nichols slumped on the ground next to a vehicle. Later on in the video, as officers stand at the scene rehashing the turn of events, they allege Nichols reached for at least two officers' guns.
Remaining questions
The footage has helped answer questions about what happened that night, in particular for Nichols' family. His mother, RowVaughn Wells, said that police initially told her that her son had been tased and pepper sprayed, though the extent of his injuries in the hospital indicated that something more violent had happened. For his stepfather, Rodney Wells, the video "justifies" that Nichols was no threat to the officers.
Though the footage also raises questions about the incident, including:
What led up to Nichols being pulled over?
It's unclear what led up to the traffic stop in the first place and why officers responded so aggressively. The first video is from the vantage point of an officer arriving at the scene as Nichols is being pulled out of his car while stopped at a red light.
In the fourth video, as officers recounted the traffic stop, one alleged that Nichols nearly drove into oncoming traffic, while another claimed that Nichols swerved and nearly hit his car while he was attempting to pull him over.
Police said he was pulled over for reckless driving, though Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis said she has been unable to substantiate that.
"I do believe that the stop itself was very questionable," Davis told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos during an interview Friday on "Good Morning America." "We have been unable to verify the reckless driving allegation."
Tennessee state Rep. G.A. Hardaway said questions have not been answered regarding the timeline and logistics of the case and called for clarity regarding the chain of command as it pertains to notification of car chases and violent encounters.
"There is more to the story, and I think that the citizens of Memphis and Shelby County deserve to know the whole story," he said during a press event Saturday.
Will more charges be filed?
Five officers were fired and charged with second-degree murder in connection with the confrontation, though the footage shows several officers at the scene who have not been identified.
Ben Crump, the attorney representing the family, told ABC News that the video raises more questions about who was involved, including the unidentified officer at the initial traffic stop whose body camera footage was released, and whether they will face any repercussions.
Two Shelby County sheriff's deputies who were at the scene of the police confrontation were relieved of their duties pending an investigation shortly after the video was released, the county's sheriff announced Friday. The sheriff said he has launched an investigation into their conduct "to determine what occurred and if any policies were violated," though no further information was provided.
The local district attorney has said that more charges could be possible in the case.
Why was the first aid response so long?
It appears that roughly 20 minutes lapse between the ending of the beating and the officers' first attempts to render aid to Nichols as he sat and lied down on the ground. EMTs are not visible in the video until more than 22 minutes after the end of the beating.
Nichols was hospitalized in critical condition after complaining of shortness of breath during the arrest, police said.
The Memphis Fire Department said that two employees involved in the initial patient care of Nichols were removed from duty last week while the agency conducts an investigation into his death. The fire department updated Friday that it was reviewing the footage and plans to conclude its investigation early next week.
What were the roles of the officers charged?
An attorney for Desmond Mills Jr., one of the former officers charged in the case, also said the videos "produced as many questions as they have answers," for his client, whom he said was not the first on the scene.
"Some of the questions that remain will require a focus on Desmond Mills’s individual actions; on what Desmond knew and what he was able to see when he arrived late to the scene; on what Desmond knew and what he was able to see after he was pepper sprayed; and on whether Desmond’s actions crossed the lines that were crossed by other officers during this incident," the attorney, Blake Ballin, said in a statement.
Ballin added that they are "confident" the answers to whether Mills "crossed the lines that others crossed and whether he committed the crimes charged will be answered with a resounding no."
