Praying for a peaceful weekend

On anticipated violence in Memphis (and disruption, at least, in Ottawa).

Gulp:

Video of the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old man who died three days after a traffic stop by police, is set to be released by Memphis officials Friday evening.

Nichols, 29, was hospitalized in critical condition and died three days after Memphis police officers stopped him Jan. 7. Details about what occurred between Nichols and the officers have been sparse; police initially said that Nichols fled on foot during the reckless driving stop and that a "confrontation" occurred in an effort to detain him.

However, Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis said on CNN early Friday that an investigation and review of available camera footage could not "substantiate the reckless driving" claim.

"It doesn’t mean that something didn’t happen. But there’s no proof. The cameras didn’t pick up,” she said.

"As far as I know today, I do believe that the stop itself was very questionable," she said on ABC's "Good Morning America" Friday.

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Romanucci described the video Monday as an “unadulterat…