After the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols, protests erupted across the United States.

After the release of a video depicting the violent Memphis police beating that led to the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, protesters took to the streets over the weekend to decry police brutality.

Demonstrators marched through New York City, Atlanta, Boston, Baltimore, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland, and many other cities across the nation on Saturday, raising signs bearing his name and calling for an end to abuses of authority.

“I’m disappointed,” said Kiara Hill, a resident of Memphis. “This neighborhood is quiet and family oriented. Said by a makeshift memorial near the corner where Nichols was beaten.

”It is heartbreaking to see the events unfold how they have unfolded with the Tyre Nichols situation. I have a son,” Hill said. He was the calmest out of all the officers on the scene.

In the video of the January 7 encounter, which begins with a traffic stop and goes on to show officers repeatedly beating the young Black man with batons, punching him, and kicking him – including at one point while his hands are restrained behind his back, Nichols could be heard yelling for his mother.

23 minutes passed before a stretcher arrived at the scene where he was left slumped to the ground in handcuffs. Nichols was hospitalized and died three days later.

Ben Crump, the attorney for Nichols’ family, told Dana Bash of CNN on Sunday that all of these officers failed their oath.”

They broke their promise to safeguard and help. Was anybody trying to protect and serve Tyre Nichols in that video?

The backlash against Nichols has been relatively swift since his death. The five Memphis officers involved in the beating were fired and charged with murder and kidnapping in Nichols’ death. All of the officers are black. State lawmakers representing the Memphis area began planning police reform bills after the unit they were part of was disbanded.

“The quick firing and arrests of the police officers and release of video should be a ‘blueprint’ for how police brutality allegations are handled going forward,” Crump said. Within 20 days of the officers being arrested and charged, he applauded Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis.

“We need to see it too when it’s White police officers,” Crump said.