ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) — The Ithaca Police Benevolent Association is condemning the killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis by five police officers. 

Ithaca PBA President Tom Condzella calls the beating death of the 29-year-old a “depraved criminal act,” adding the officers involved weren’t doing police work that night but rather “cruel and illegal conduct.”

“The individuals responsible for his death were not engaged in policing that night, they were engaged in cruel and illegal conduct which resulted in the horrific death of Mr. Nichols, a member of the Memphis community. All involved must be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”

City officials in Memphis released that video on Friday, nearly three weeks after the violent beating following a traffic stop. The officers involved have since been fired and charged with second degree murder.