Tyre Nichols Video leaked
Video of deadly Tyre Nichols traffic stop to be released after five Memphis police officers fired
Officials say five Memphis Police Department officers have been fired for excessive use of force, failure to intervene and failure to render aid –
stemming from an arrest during a traffic stop of a man who later died in a hospital.
Five Memphis Police Department officers have been fired for excessive use of force, duty to intervene and duty to render aid – stemming from an arrest during a traffic stop of a man who later died in a hospital, officials said Friday.
The police chief said Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr and Justin Smith were involved in the 7 January arrest of Tyre Nichols, 29.
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The Memphis Police Department conducted an internal investigation into the arrest of Nichols, who died three days later, and the discipline came after the probe’s conclusion, authorities said.
The US Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation also is looking into the force used in
the arrest.
Nichols’ family, along with protesters who have rallied at a police station and the National Civil Rights Museum, have pushed for the release of police body camera footage and have called for officers to be charged.
Tyre Nichols Death
Relatives have accused police of beating Nichols, who was Black, and causing him to have a heart attack. Authorities have said that Nichols experienced a medical emergency.
Nichols was arrested after officers stopped him for reckless driving, police said. There was a confrontation when officers approached the driver, and he ran before he was confronted again by the pursuing officers,
