MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tuesday’s release of new video of the Tyre Nichols beating is bringing back many horrific memories for not only his family, but many in the City of Memphis.

One year after the brutal Memphis police beating of Tyre Nichols, the City of Memphis has released hours of additional video from that horrific night.

Dr. Earle Fisher, a community activist and pastor of Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church, says it may be perceived as reopening old wounds, but the transparency is needed. Fisher says the videos help tell the full story.

“I don’t want to call it a necessary evil because it was not necessary for Tyre to die,” Fisher said. “Now that we’re in the situation that we are in it is necessary for us to sometimes to grit and bare some of the more frustrating and angst-ridden realities, such as the release of videos.”

As the city examines the future of Interim Police Chief C.J. Davis, and as MPD is under a pattern or practice investigation from the Department of Justice, Fisher says reopening old wounds can be needed when you’re seeking justice.

“It is better for us to have this information available to the public, because all of the community stakeholders need to being singing from the same sheet of music as we talk about what our community needs to heal, and you can not heal without justice, and cannot have justice without truth and can’t have truth without transparency,” Fisher said.