Local civil rights organizations are speaking out and condemning the video of a Memphis man brutally beaten by police.
The NAACP of Las Vegas along with the ACLU of Nevada are responding to the video that has captured the entire country’s attention.
Video shows Memphis police excessively beating Nichols following a traffic stop earlier in January. He died 3 days later. 5 officers have been charged in connection to his death.
News 3 sat down with Athar Haseebullah, the executive director of the ACLU. He also shined a light on police encounters that have happened here in the Valley including Byron Williams and Jorge Gomez who were both killed by Las Vegas Metro.
“We need to have systems of accountability and that really starts at the top,” said Haeebullah. “It shouldn't just be the ACLU and others filing lawsuits of accountability because we have the same issues here.”
“It was another summary execution of an unarmed Black man by police that would of been ignored if we didn't have body cam footage or aerial footage," he added.
Protests have broken out across the country and Minister Stretch Sanders of the Stretch for Change Foundation will be holding a march for Tyre Nichols next Saturday February 4th from 4 to 7pm near MLK Blvd and Carey Rd. He is hoping things will remain peaceful in the valley as people join in on the fight for justice.
“My hope and prayer as a leader in this community for almost 10 years, is we take that anger and frustration that we have and we channel that to being a revolutionary, to being an activist, and organizer. And we take that passion that we have for a few hours and we get involved,” said Sanders.