Tyre Nichols died of blunt force head injuries, report reveals

Officers who were part of a crime-suppression team known as Scorpion caught up with Mr Nichols and punched him, kicked him and hit him with a baton as he yelled for his mother.

The screen at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans honours Tyre Nichols (Matthew Hinton/AP/PA)

Tyre Nichols died of blunt force injuries to the head after he was beaten by police in Memphis during an arrest in January, a report released on Thursday showed.

The post-mortem examination report said the manner of death was homicide. It described multiple contusions, brain injuries, cuts and bruises to the head and other parts of the body.