(Daily Mail) Massive protests took place across the country Friday night following the release of the Tyre Nichols bodycam footage.
One demonstrator was spotting hurling a firework at an LAPD cruiser during a huge march in the city.
Meanwhile in New York City a man was photographed standing atop a smashed in police vehicle windshield.
Officers quickly dragging him down and arrested him. At least three have been taken into custody in the Big Apple as part of the protests, according to NBC New York.
Another stood over a cop car with a tattered American flag. Antifa has issued a call to arms for protestors to light up New York City on Friday night.
In Memphis, protesters chanted: ‘Say his name! Tyre Nichols!’ and several dozen protesters blocked a heavily traveled bridge on Interstate 55 that is one of two main spans connecting Arkansas and Tennessee over the Mississippi River.
One demonstrator was spotting hurling a firework at an LAPD cruiser during a huge march in the city
One protester was seen standing over a clearly smashed police car front window in New York City
NYPD officers were soon after seen trying to drag him down from atop the vehicle and eventually arrested him
Another stood over a cop car with a tattered American flag
Protestors become violent damaging a NYPD cruzer as they march in Times Square demanding justice for the death of Tyre Nichols
Massive protests have begun in Memphis Friday night following the release of the Tyre Nichols bodycam footage as cities around the country brace for violent riots
A poster shows the group calling upon demonstrators to gather at various locations in the Big Apple and ‘Burn It All Down’.
Cities across America are anticipating widespread protests following the release of the distressing footage.
Federal employees in Memphis and Portland have been told to go home early, and workers have begun boarding up buildings. The mayor of New York City on Friday evening urged protesters to remain peaceful, and NYPD has made extensive preparations, including asking officers to stay on and work overtime when their shift finishes on Friday.
Protesters gathered in a park near the White House, in Memphis and other cities as the video was released.
One protester was seen standing over a clearly smashed police car front window in New York City.
Protesters march down the street Friday in Memphis following the release of the video of Tyre Nichols’ deadly interaction with police
Nichols’ death resulted in murder charges and provoked outrage at the country’s latest instance of police brutality
Demonstrators were shutting down highways just outside the city while chanting: ‘Say his name – Tyre Nichols’
Protesters rally against the the fatal police assault of Tyre Nichols in Washington
In Memphis, protesters chanted: ‘Say his name! Tyre Nichols!’ and several dozen protesters blocked a heavily traveled bridge on Interstate 55 that is one of two main spans connecting Arkansas and Tennessee over the Mississippi River.
Unions in California and Hawaii issued a joint statement calling the actions of the officers ‘repugnant and the complete antithesis of how honorable law enforcement professionals conduct themselves.’
The Prosecutors Alliance of California calls the killing senseless and in California´s capitol of Sacramento, Mayor Darrell Steinberg said: ‘I am filled with anger, with sorrow and revulsion.’
Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins watched a televised interview on Friday of Tyre Nichols´ mother speaking about the loss of her son, and lost control of his emotions.
Lora Dene King, daughter of Rodney King, speaks as Najee Ali listens during a viewing of the video showing the beating of Tyre Nichols
Protesters gather in Lafayette Park outside the White House in Washington
Protesters rally against the fatal police assault of Tyre Nichols in Lafayette Square
A security guard looks out of a window as protesters project an image of Tyre Nichols
Left wing activists carry a banner during a protest on the day of the release in New York City’s Times Square
The protesters often espoused left wing causes in addition to calls for racial justice, with one of the marchers holding up a sign for the the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
Another read: ‘Defund the police? Smash the capitalist state through workers’ revolution.’
Still another called the courts, officers and the justice system a product of ‘bosses’ and the need for a ‘workers’ government.’
In downtown Atlanta, marchers used the protest as a chance to advocate for the end to ‘Cop City,’ a $90million Atlanta Public Safety Training Centre.
The protesters often espoused left wing causes in addition to calls for racial justice, with one of the marchers holding up a sign for the the Party for Socialism and Liberation
Another read: ‘Defund the police? Smash the capitalist state through workers’ revolution’
In downtown Atlanta, marchers used the protest as a chance to advocate for the end to ‘Cop City,’ a $90million Atlanta Public Safety Training Centre
The Nichols family has urged those angered by the footage to remain calm, emphasizing that they support the judicial process and approve of the firing of the five officers. They have stressed that Nichols himself would have hated to see rioting in his name.
Joe Biden on Friday night said he hopes the family’s wishes are respected.
‘Let the courts make the judgement,’ he said, adding that protests must remain peaceful.
Yet Antifa is expected to take advantage of the chaos, with the group ordering followers to bring a list of weapons including rocks, kerosene and pipes.
Tyre Nichols, 29, was beaten like a ‘human piñata’ by five Memphis, Tennessee, police officers on January 7 and died three days later in the hospital from kidney failure and cardiac arrest
An image of Tyre Nichols is displayed on a building in Washington DC as people gather to protest over his death on Friday night
Businesses in multiple cities have been boarded up in anticipation for the release of the shocking footage
Federal buildings in Memphis and Portland have been evacuated and businesses are being boarded up ahead of the potential violence and looting
