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Video of Black Man’s Arrest Reminded Family of Rodney King, Lawyer Says<!-- wp:html --><p>Adrian Sainz/AP/Shutterstock</p> <p>Tyre Nichols asked cops a simple question before he died, according to an attorney representing his family: “What did I do?”</p> <p>Family members gathered with their legal team in downtown Memphis on Monday to express fresh outrage and grief after viewing video of the police encounter that preceded the 29-year-old Black man’s death in the wake of a traffic stop this month.</p> <p>Ben Crump, the high-profile civil-rights lawyer representing Nichols’ family, described a horrific video—which has not yet been released to the public—that RowVaughn Wells, Nichols’ mother, could not watch for more than a minute.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/family-of-tyre-nichols-who-died-in-memphis-police-custody-speak-after-seeing-video?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Tyre Nichols asked cops a simple question before he died, according to an attorney representing his family: “What did I do?”

Family members gathered with their legal team in downtown Memphis on Monday to express fresh outrage and grief after viewing video of the police encounter that preceded the 29-year-old Black man’s death in the wake of a traffic stop this month.

Ben Crump, the high-profile civil-rights lawyer representing Nichols’ family, described a horrific video—which has not yet been released to the public—that RowVaughn Wells, Nichols’ mother, could not watch for more than a minute.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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