Tyre Nichols' brother feels guilty for his death. Here's why

How are you handling what this has been like for you these last few weeks? Well, for the most part, it's been a real rollercoaster. um, it's like an endless nightmare and you know, we try every day, me and my my family and my sisters and my

brother

s try every day to take one step every day, that's it, one step every day, what do you want people to know about it? Okay, I mean what people don't know about them, I mean my

brother

. The legacy is everyw

here

right now everyone knows my brother was an innocent person my brother everyone knows my brother was full of energy he was like the light in the room you know he cared about people uh he put it first people to put themselves like he was very selfless um he was just a great person to be around and you know it sucks that this happened to him you know like some people in this world you feel like that should never happen, it should never happen to anyone, but at the same time it's like when you see a person like that and you meet a person like that, it just takes a different toll on you because he was really a people person, you know he liked to please people and um yeah like the world I miss a person like that yeah I know you've been very outspoken and what you think should happen to these officers accused of murder.

What do you think should definitely happen? I mean, I hope they suffer the same fate as my brother. That's how I feel, you know, I mean, I don't know what the laws are in Tennessee or all that, but to me I think they deserve the

death

penalty, what was your reaction when you saw that video? That's what I haven't seen, but I already knew it by looking at my brother. I already knew how they were treated because I have seen it all over the world. I've seen it

here

in California all the time. Police brutality is nothing new and I knew it as soon as I found out.

I saw photos of him in the hospital. I already knew that they treated my brother like an animal. They beat him like he was nothing. I don't have to watch the video to know. So yeah, you said on Facebook. I posted that basically saying you were sorry you weren't there to protect your brother. Do you feel

guilty

for not always being there? I think I speak for all my brothers when I say that because my brother is 99 years old. I'm 99% sure my brother had never gotten into a fight before, you know, and the one time he had an altercation with other humans, we weren't there to protect him, you know, growing up as kids, you know, having an older brother. or older sister and you get into an altercation your older brother your older sister will be there to help you and on this night uh it was January 7th my brother was left alone because if I was there they would have to kill me too because I would have fought against everyone them my brother was trying to cooperate with them I would have fought back with him Ben, let me include you in the conversation because you know there have been a lot of events, they seem to come every day, there are three Memphis fire department personnel that have been fired uh there are also two other officers now they are on leave awaiting an administrative hearing what is your response to that and what questions do you have about that well done I think the Tyrese family and certainly Jamal have been calling from the From the beginning to the last of them should be held responsible for this police lynching of Tyree Nichols.

Everyone who was at that scene and contributed in any way should be held fully responsible and for the fact that they relieved the offices two weeks ago and us. We're not transparent uh it just raises more questions about why the five black officers were fired and charged and why the others weren't charged and that's why the family wants full accountability. Do you look at the original police report and then consider what the video shows? aligns Ben, well, it is consistent with Miss Robon. Tyree's mother said from the beginning when they were told they couldn't go to the hospital because Tyree had been pepper sprayed and tasered and they arrested him.

She said that then you and Don Lemon talked. with Miss Ravine and she is a very sincere person, she said that she believed that she thought it was a conspiracy to cover it up from the beginning. Ben, I have to ask you, there's a lot of stuff out there and I'm just participating in the spirit of Correct Accuracy and Good Journalism. Did Tyree have any personal connection to the officers or does he believe this was completely random? The family knows nothing about these rumors. What we do know is that he saw several officers violating his civil rights and I don't have to speculate on anything because they were operating under the color of the Law and these police officers know that you can't violate people's civil rights, Don Lemon, and this is nothing new for this scorpion unit when you think about the other citizens who said they were attacked. so, so this is a pattern in the practice of police brutality, point blank, Jamal, before we go, I just want to know if there's anything you want people to know about your brother or what you want to see next from this, You know, I believe everyone. meet my brother now i've seen things about my brother from all over the country, even all over the world to be honest, and i think people really know that my brother didn't deserve this, he wasn't that kind of person, um, yes, it just was. man like, yeah, he was a good guy on the board, so people know who he is and again, I'm going to say the same thing I've been saying, we want Justice, we want everyone who evolved with this to know know. that prayer