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Biden Says Nichols Video Left Him ‘Outraged and Deeply Pained’

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Joe Biden speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One at the White House on Friday. — Joe Biden speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One at the White House on Friday.
Photographer: Susan Walsh/AP Photo

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Akayla Gardner and

January 27, 2023, 11:31 PM UTCUpdated onJanuary 28, 2023, 3:16 AM UTC

President Joe Biden said he was “outraged and deeply pained” after watching video released Friday night of the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols at the hands of police officers in Memphis, Tennessee.

“It is yet another painful reminder of the profound fear and trauma, the pain, and the exhaustion that Black and Brown Americans experience every single day,” Biden said in a statement.