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that claim. this graphic body cam video shows the moment police catch up to nichols when he runs away. give me your hands. hey, give me your hands. give me your hands. hey. you can hear nichols crying out for his mother there who was just a few blocks away. officers continue to hit and spray nichols struggling with him on the ground. more footage appears to show inaction by police officers, sheriff s deputies and even paramedics. five memphis police officers at the scene are now facing multiple charges including second degree murder and kidnapping. now two sheriffs deputies at the scene were placed on leave pending an investigation. former president barack obama speaking out on twitter today saying the vicious unjustified beating of tyre nichols and his ultimate death at the hands of five memphis police officers is the latest painful reminder of how far america has to go in fixing how we police our streets. along with mourning tyre and supporting his family, it s ....
During this traffic stop. let s watch the video, and we ll talk about it on the other side. i didn t do anything. turn your ass around. all right, all right, all right. on the ground, on the ground. all right, all right, all right. you don t do that, okay? get on the fucking ground! get on the ground! tase your ass. tase him, tase him! all right, i m on the ground. i m on the ground. turn around. on the ground. tase you, get on the ground! now. all right, okay. break your okay, dude, dang. turn the fuck around. put your hands behind your back. knock your ass the fuck out. you guys are really doing a lot right now. one of the big questions is how does a traffic stop end up with this explosion of rage on the part of the officers? have you gotten any clarity on ....
sit back in your car. reporter: the driver then 24-year-old out of his car. excuse me? who do you think you are. reporter: officers nicholas and ellie summers slammed him to the ground. tase him. reporter: in a statement, police say that he resisted and assaulted an officer and that a physical altercation took place, adding that one of the officers was injured with a broken leg. but there was a different reason for his confused behavior. mystic couldn t hear them. he s deaf in both ears and primarily uses american sign language to communicate. at the hospital, he explained his actions. i didn t know that i was the one i didn t know what the reason was, but i couldn t see. i understand that. but you should have stayed in ....
reporter: in september of 2019, two colorado police officers pull into a parking lot of an idaho springs laundromat for a traffic stop after a car allegedly runs a stop sign. sit back in your car. reporter: body cam footage shows the driver, then 24-year-old brady mystic, out of his car. excuse me? who do you think you are? reporter: officers nicholas hanning and ellie summers slammed him to the ground. arms behind your back right now or i m going to tase you. tase him. reporter: in a statement, idaho springs police said that mystic resisted and assaulted an officer and that a physical altercation took place, adding that one of the officers was injured with a broken leg due to the resistive actions of mr. mystic. but there was a different reason for his confused behavior. mystic couldn t hear them. he s deaf in both ears, isn t able to lip read, and primarily uses american sign language to communicate. at the hospital, mistic explained his actions to officer ....
Released by the associated press, shows a handcuffed greene trying to repeatedly roll on to his side. turn over. lay on your belly. reporter: at one point, an officer is seen forcing greene down with his shoe. is that consistent with law enforcement training? no, it s not. so, the goal is always to get the subject under control. officers have a responsibility to do that. but they, also, have a responsibility, roll those persons over, get them on their feet. reporter: the incident happened in may, 2019, after greene led louisiana state police on a high-speed chase. in the video, you see and hear officers repeatedly punch greene, tase him, and at one point, drag him. i beat the ever-living [ bleep ] out of him. choked him and everything else trying to get him under control. reporter: louisiana state police announced the department will release all body-camera video. greene s family calls it a coverup saying they were initially told he died in a car crash. this newly-publi ....