On Friday evening, protesters marched to Interstate 55 in downtown Memphis
, who died in LAPD custody in early January after he was repeatedly tased by police.
Protests are likely to continue throughout the weekend in Memphis and Atlanta. Several other major cities planned organized gatherings too, including Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, Salt Lake City, Detroit and Washington, D.C., among others. On Thursday, Five Memphis police officers were charged with second-degree murder, as well as other misconduct and assault charges. All five officers are Black—as was Nichols—but Nichols’ family and activists say that the big issue here is racial inequality in traffic stop procedures.
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