Tyre Nichols' encounter with five Black Memphis police officers, which resulted in Nichols' murder three days later, was captured on film, and it will be made public on Friday night, Shelby County, Tennessee, District Attorney Steve Mulroy announced on Thursday.
In a press conference, Mulroy said, "We all want the same thing. We want justice for Tyre Nichols." He added that the measure will prompt a wider discussion on "the need for police reform."
Authorities say Tyre Nichols died on January 10 from wounds he received while trying to elude capture during an initial traffic encounter three days earlier, per Fox News.
Five Black Memphis Police Department officers who arrested Nichols were fired and charged with second-degree murder.
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Disturbing Footage
Nichols's attorney, Antonio Romanucci, compared his client to "a human piñata," describing the three minutes of pounding as "unadulterated, unabashed, and non-stop."
On Monday, the Nichols family was allowed a private screening of the footage, per NBC News.
Attorneys for the family, Ben Crump, and Antonio Romanucci, revealed Nichols' mother and Row Vaugn Wells barely survived the first minute.
The family plans to hold a press conference on Friday with their lawyers to discuss the latest developments in the matter, per CNN.
In an attempt to avoid last week's rioting, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency on Thursday.
The ruling said that the state of emergency had been proclaimed due to "unlawful assemblage, violence, overt threats of violence, disruption of the peace and tranquility of this state," and the risk occurring to individuals and property.
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