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Expert testifies that repeated strikes to Tyre Nichols’ head were unnecessary and excessive

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Tyre Nichols , a 29-year-old Black man, fled a January 2023 traffic stop after he was yanked out of his car, pepper-sprayed and hit with a Taser .

Five officers caught up with him and punched, kicked and hit Nichols with a police baton, struggling to handcuff him.

Video of the beating captured by a police pole camera also showed the officers milling about, talking and laughing as Nichols struggled.

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