Tyre Nichols' family to watch video Monday of his arrest by Memphis police just days before his death - CNN

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Tyre Nichols’ household is expected Monday to presumption footage of his apprehension earlier this month, giving them a archetypal accidental to spot what happened earlier helium was taken successful captious information to a hospital, wherever helium died days later.

Benjamin Crump, the lawyer representing Nichols’ family, said successful a connection the household would clasp a quality league Monday day aft they conscionable with Memphis, Tennessee, officials and presumption the footage.

The Memphis Police Department has terminated 5 constabulary officers successful transportation with the 29-year-old Nichols’ decease January 10, 3 days aft the section says officers pulled implicit a motorist, identified arsenic Nichols, for alleged reckless driving the erstwhile day.

A confrontation followed, and “the fishy fled the country connected foot,” constabulary said successful a connection connected societal media. Officers chased him and different confrontation took spot earlier the fishy was taken into custody, the connection said.

“Afterward, the fishy complained of having a shortness of breath, astatine which clip an ambulance was called to the scene. The fishy was transported to St. Francis Hospital successful captious condition,” officials said.

Nichols died a fewer days later, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating. The Department of Justice and the FBI person besides opened a civilian rights investigation.

Details astir Nichols’ injuries and the origin of his decease person not been released. CNN has reached retired to the Shelby County coroner for comment.

The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office expects to merchandise the video of Nichols’ apprehension either this week oregon adjacent week, a spokesperson told CNN connected Monday, astir a week aft metropolis officials said video recorded by officers’ body-worn cameras would beryllium released publically aft the constabulary department’s interior probe was completed and the household had a accidental to reappraisal the recordings.

“(The video) should beryllium made public, it’s conscionable a substance of when,” Director of Communications Erica Williams said, adding the Nichols household was expected to conscionable with the DA astir 12 p.m. ET Monday.

Williams declined to qualify the quality of the video, saying it would beryllium inappropriate to remark connected it earlier the household sees it.

Asked if officials anticipated charges against the 5 officers progressive successful Nichols’ arrests, Williams said, “charges, if any, volition beryllium announced aboriginal this week.”

In a connection announcing the termination of the 5 officers, Police Chief Cerleyn “CJ” Davis said the “egregious quality of this incidental is not a reflection of the bully enactment our officers perform.” An interior reappraisal recovered the officers violated section policies for usage of force, work to intervene and work to render aid, the connection said.

The Memphis Police Association, the national representing the officers, declined to remark connected the terminations beyond saying that the metropolis of Memphis and Nichols’ household “deserve to cognize the implicit relationship of the events starring up to his decease and what whitethorn person contributed to it.”