Dyer Nicholas‘Mom can’t bring herself to watch video of Memphis police beating her son so badly he died at the hospital — she says it’s too painful.’
Civil rights attorney Ben CrumpA representative for the Nichols family tells TMZ … Dyer’s mother, Rowan WellsPolice are still not interested in viewing the body camera footage … which was released Friday.
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Dyer’s mother is said to be happy Video Now it’s out, so everyone can see what really happened … but she can’t bear to see it — she couldn’t when the family first got it. Ben says she will never see it.
As we reported … the video is just as disturbing as Dyer’s family and law enforcement described, and it started with a traffic stop in Memphis on Jan. 7.
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In the footage, you see the officers screaming and crying over the tire.
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After a huge struggle, police handcuffed Dyer and sat him against a police car — where Dyer writhed in pain for nearly 20 minutes before medical attention was given to him.
Following the brutal assault by the police, Dyer complained of suffocation and was rushed to hospital, where he died 3 days later.
As brutal as it is, Dyer’s mom says Crump says it’s important for the world to see how police treated her son…and hopes the video will prevent another family from suffering the same tragedy.
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The video is already attached to the beat Rodney King In 1991 … and we’re told Dyer’s mom understood the sightings of many others, and she was inundated with calls.
5 Memphis Police Officers Involved — Tadarius bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills JrAnd Justin Smith — already was Shot and charged with second degree murder.
Dyer’s mother didn’t want to reveal one thing… the incident wasn’t just a hashtag for her… her son was dead.
We’re told RowVaughn is surrounding himself with family and friends as the video is released into the public domain and backlash erupts … and he’s asking everyone to keep him and his family in prayer.