Grizzlies, other NBA teams speak out on Tyre Nichols' death - KAGSTV.com

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Grizzlies manager Taylor Jenkins watched a televised interrogation connected Friday of Tyre Nichols’ parent speaking astir the nonaccomplishment of her son, and mislaid power of his emotions.

“I cried,” Jenkins said.

The outrage, frustration, sadness and choler was evident astir the NBA connected Friday, the time that video was released showing however Nichols, a 29-year-old father, was killed by 5 Memphis constabulary officers. Several teams released statements of enactment for the family, arsenic did the National Basketball Players Association.

And the emotions astir the league were palpable, arsenic has been the lawsuit truthful galore times aft truthful galore different incidents of unit by constabulary against Black men and women successful caller years.

“This is conscionable crazy,” said Miami manager Erik Spoelstra, who opened his pregame quality league Friday by speaking astir Nichols earlier immoderate questions were adjacent asked.

The officers, who are besides Black, each look second-degree execution charges, arsenic good arsenic charges of aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, authoritative misconduct and authoritative oppression. And the Grizzlies played a crippled successful Minneapolis — the metropolis wherever George Floyd, a Black man, was killed aft a achromatic constabulary serviceman pressed his genu connected Floyd’s cervix successful an enactment that sparked protests worldwide implicit constabulary brutality and racism — connected Friday nighttime with dense hearts.

“The senseless nonaccomplishment of beingness for Tyre Nichols has truly deed america hard,” Jenkins told Bally Sports, the Grizzlies’ broadcast partner, successful a pregame interrogation from Minnesota. “It’s been pugnacious being connected the road, not being home. I privation I could widen my arms done this camera close present to the family. They’re going done a lot.”

There was a infinitesimal of soundlessness earlier the crippled successful Minnesota. Several teams, including Miami, Atlanta, Cleveland, Minnesota and Milwaukee, released statements.

“We are outraged by the deadly beating that Tyre Nichols received from 5 Memphis constabulary officers,” the Bucks said successful their statement. “While the constabulary officers being charged for their heinous actions is an important measurement for justice, this incidental further highlights the request for advancement successful improving police-community relations.”

Nichols was connected his mode location from taking pictures of the entity connected Jan. 7, erstwhile constabulary pulled him over. He was conscionable a fewer minutes from the location helium shared with his parent and stepfather.

“Our hearts spell retired to the full Memphis assemblage arsenic they are processing and dealing with this horrible tragedy, and we basal by the rightful apprehension of each officers involved,” the NBPA said. “Such assertive policing and excessive unit exemplify the continued request for accountability successful the justness system.”

The national said it would “continue to show the probe and ineligible proceedings successful hunt of justness for Tyre and his family.”

Nichols’ mother, RowVaughn Wells, warned supporters of the “horrific” quality of the video but pleaded for peace.

Jenkins besides said helium hopes citizens of Memphis rally astir 1 another.

“My words volition lone mean truthful much,” Jenkins said. “I privation to proceed to promote radical to enactment their arms astir each other, enactment their arms astir the Nichols family, the Wells household to retrieve a beauteous beingness successful Tyre Nichols — who I did not know, but I’m learning about."