MSN - AP World http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a MSN - AP World Copyright © 2010-2018 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Tue, 13 May 2025 12:20:23 +0000 Church-goers, protesters have Tyre Nichols in mind http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a/8583a9dff1c340118d43848825ca8182 8583a9dff1c340118d43848825ca8182 Sun, 29 Jan 2023 23:35:32 +0000 SHOTLIST:RESTRICTION SUMMARY:ASSOCIATED PRESSMemphis, Tennessee - 29 January 20231. The choir, congregation and others sing during a service at Mt. Olive Cathedral ChurchHEADLINE: Church-goers, protesters have Tyre Nichols in mindASSOCIATED PRESSMemphis, Tennessee - 29 January 20232. The band plays at the churchANNOTATION: Church-goers and protesters alike had Tyre Nichols on their minds in Memphis, Tennessee.ASSOCIATED PRESSMemphis, Tennessee - 29 January 20233. A congregant claps along to the musicANNOTATION: The video of Nichols' brutal killing was released on Friday.ASSOCIATED PRESSMemphis, Tennessee - 29 January 20234. Pastor Kenneth Thomas claps and singsANNOTATION: On Sunday, Mt. Olive Cathedral Church Pastor Kenneth Thomas prayed for Nichols' family. ASSOCIATED PRESSMemphis, Tennessee - 29 January 20235. Congregants kneel and prayANNOTATION: And for peace.ASSOCIATED PRESSMemphis, Tennessee - 29 January 20236. Various of congregants dropping their offerings into basketANNOTATION: Cities nationwide have braced for protests after the body camera footage was released. ANNOTATION: However, protests have been scattered and non-violent. ASSOCIATED PRESSMemphis, Tennessee - 29 January 20237. Protesters march toward a police stationANNOTATION: Later Sunday, more than a dozen protesters marched to a Memphis police station not far from the beating. ASSOCIATED PRESSMemphis, Tennessee - 29 January 20238. The protesters knock on the front door to the station, asking to be allowed in and to speak with those insideANNOTATION: They knocked on the door and demanded to be let in. ASSOCIATED PRESSMemphis, Tennessee - 29 January 20239. A protester holds a signANNOTATION: Getting no response, they made their way to a nearby gate, guarded by officers. ASSOCIATED PRESSMemphis, Tennessee - 29 January 202310. Two police officers lock a gate as the protesters try to engage them11. Various of the protesters observing a silence designed to match how long Nichols was beatenANNOTATION: The protest remained peaceful.ANNOTATION: The protesters observed a three-minute silence, designed to match how long Nichols was beaten.ASSOCIATED PRESSMemphis, Tennessee - 29 January 202312. SOUNDBITE (English) Jennifer Cain, protester:++PARTIALLY COVERED++"Now, just imagine being beat by people that's over 1,000 pounds (weight) on you and you're only less than 150 pounds. Three minutes of silence. That's three minutes of beating, screaming and yelling to his mom. When does it stop? When does it end? Are we going to continue to let it happen?"13. A placard-holding protester14. Protesters at the station doorSTORYLINE:Church-goers and protesters alike had Tyre Nichols on their minds in Memphis, Tennessee, on Sunday.The pastor at the church where Nichols' family attended spoke from the pulpit urging peace after his brutal killing and reiterated the call for calm following the release of video showing the fatal beating by police. Cities nationwide have braced for protests after body camera footage was released Friday showing Memphis officers beating the 29-year-old Nichols, who died of his injuries three days after the January 7 attack. However, protests in Memphis, New York City, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, have been scattered and non-violent. Mt. Olive Cathedral Church Pastor Kenneth Thomas said he hopes the calm continues.Later, more than a dozen placard-carrying protesters marched to a Memphis police station not far from the beating, pounding on the door and demanding to be let in. Getting no response, they made their way to a nearby gate, guarded by officers. The protest remained peaceful.The protesters observed a three-minute silence, designed to match how long Nichols was beaten."Now, just imagine being beat by people that's over 1,000 pounds (weight) on you and you're only less than 150 pounds," protester Jennifer Cain said. "That's three minutes of beating, screaming and yelling for his mom.""When does it stop?" she asked. "When does it end? 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