Timing of body camera footage release
The city plans to publicly release the body camera footage of Nichols' arrest sometime after 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said.
"As we have said all along, we wanted to ensure the proper legal steps were followed and that the family of Mr. Nichols had the opportunity to view the video footage privately before we released it to the public," Strickland said in a statement Thursday night.
"It is clear that these officers violated the department's policies and training. But we are doing everything we can to prevent this from happening again," he continued, noting the city is initiating an independent review of the specialized units' training, policies and operations.