As the city awaits video of the fatal encounter with Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, a law enforcement official described the footage as “absolutely appalling.”
Mr. Nichols was pulled over by the Memphis police on the evening of Jan. 7 and died three days later. Five officers were charged with murder on Thursday.
After Tyre Nichols’s death, footage of what the police have called a “confrontation” could clarify what happened, as the city braces for anguish and outrage.