nick also nichols for about three minutes. officers also hit him with a baton and pepper sprayed him as he appeared to show no resistance. nichols also cried out for his mom. his home just 60 yards away. president biden spoke with tyre nichols parents before the video s release expressing his and the first lady s condolences. he and the snuck also nichols family called percent protests to be peaceful and most of them were. rich: lucas tomlinson with more on the reaction there, but first, steve heir began is live in memphis, and we want to warn you again video is difficult to watch. with that in mind, here s steve. reporter: rich, we re expecting more protests later in the afternoon in front of police headquarters here in memphis. so far things have been peaceful since the release of that police body cam video footage last night, 7 p.m. eastern, put on the internet for all to see. basically, it shows what looks like a traffic stop at first of 29 years ago tyre nichols.
like a traffic stop at first of 29 years ago tyre nichols. he s stopped, he s beaten. he tries to run and then there is a second beating. that second beating more sustained, lasts for more than three minutes. a fewty details about the tape, police officials saying it s not clear there was any good reason at all from the tapes to stop nichols in the first place. he s attacked many both sections of the tape with a variety the of weapons, with met alba on thes, with tasers, with pepper spray, with fists and feet as well. throughout the sustained beatings, he offers no resistance. this is a man who was 6-3, weighed 135 pounds and suffered from crohn s disease. he was restrained at some points, held by some officers while beaten by others. he called for his mother several times, screaming out mom just yards from his home. also disturbing, some of the officers appeared to wind up to generate more power with either their fist or their foot to nichols head, and finally, no aid rendered for at