Editor's note: This post contains graphic descriptions of violence.
Video taken from a remotely controlled camera mounted on a neighborhood utility pole shows Memphis police officers hitting Tyre Nichols at least nine times without visible provocation.
When the camera first turns toward the police scene, an officer is shown shoving Nichols hard to the pavement with a knee or leg.
Nichols is pulled up by his shoulders and then kicked in the face twice. After being pulled up into a sitting position, Nichols is hit in the back with what appears to be a baton. After being pulled to his knees, Nichols is hit again.
Once pulled to his feet, the video shows officers hitting Nichols in the face multiple times while his hands are restrained behind his body, after which he falls to his knees. Less than a minute later, an officer appears to kick Nichols.
More than three minutes after the encounter is first seen on camera, officers let go of Nichols, and he rolls onto his back.
One minute later, Nichols is dragged along the pavement and propped up in a sitting position against the side of a car, where he is largely ignored by officers for the next three-and-a-half minutes. Ten minutes into the video, a person who appears to be a paramedic finally engages Nichols.