After Friday’s late-night release of the police tapes in the Tyre Nichols case, there have been some new developments. A sixth police officer was relieved of his duties in connection to the case. The officer, Preston Hemphill, joins the already charged five other officers in involvement in the case. Those five were charged last week, with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct, and official oppression. The Memphis Police Department also permanently disbanded their special unit Scorpion, which reportedly was a street-crime unit that the six officers were a part of. As of now the Department of Justice and the Memphis Field Office of the FBI are working to investigate Nichols’ civil rights while they wait for autopsy reports and an official cause of death.
Original story:
Tyre Nichols was pulled over on Jan. 7 around 8:30 p.m. for “reckless driving” and a “confrontation occurred” during the stop. During the confrontation, Nichols ran away from police on foot where he was eventually apprehended after another confrontation. Thursday, five Memphis Police Department officers had been charged with second-degree murder over the death of Tyre Nichols. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith turned themselves in and are now in custody at the Shelby County Jail in Tennessee. Now in an update to the case, Memphis police chief told CNN, “you are going to see a disregard for life, duty of care that we’re all sworn to and a level of physical interaction that is above and beyond what is required in law enforcement.” Chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis has said the video shows “acts that defy humanity.” The video is set to be released later Friday on YouTube in four parts. Police are asking that any demonstrations based on the case and for Tyre Nichols be civil.
While the police had not killed Nichols on scene he died three days after the confrontation. He had complained of having shortness of breath and was taken to a hospital. After being transported to a local hospital according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Lawyers Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci said the autopsy on Nichols’ body indicated that “Tyre suffered extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating” and his “injuries are consistent with what the family and attorneys witnessed on the video of his fatal encounter with police on Jan. 7, 2023.”
Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis called Nichols’ death “heinous, reckless and inhumane,” adding “this is not just a professional failing. This is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual,” Davis said, saying the five officers and others who were involved in his death “failed our community, and they failed the Nichols family. That is beyond regrettable.” “In the vein of transparency, when the video is released in the coming days, you will see this for yourselves,” she added. “I expect you to feel what the Nichols family feels. I expect you to feel outraged by the disregard for basic human rights as our police officers have taken an oath to do the opposite of what transpired on the video.”
The footage showing the police stop that ultimately lead to Tyre Nichols death has been released.
Portions of body camera video released in the death of Tyre Nichols shows him being punched several times while he is on the ground.
Four videos were released by the city of Memphis Friday evening showing the Jan. 7 violent encounter following a traffic stop.
In one of the body camera videos, Nichols is on the ground and appeared to be punched several times in the head area by two officers standing over him. Nichols appears to cover his head area. He then yells “Mom.” He also appears to be pepper sprayed, part of the video shows.
Nichols was hospitalized and died three days later.
The videos are linked here, viewer discretion advised. Some advise skipping the watch altogether.
We have seen this happen many times on the news. Someone, usually a black person, ends up getting shot by the police after a routine traffic stop. I am in no way condoning the actions of the police in this incident but I do think it never would have happened if he hadn’t immediately started to argue with the police in the first place. The moment he is stopped and the window or door is opened, he, and others before him, immediately start yelling “what’d I do? what’d I do? I did nothing wrong! I didn’t do nothing! what you stopping me for?” Confrontational from the first moment! Obviously, you did SOMETHING wrong, however minor it might have been. You attracted their attention by doing SOMETHING! A broken tail light, rolling through a stop sign, speeding, windows tinted too dark, and in this case, they were saying “reckless driving” which could include numerous infractions. Why couldn’t he just keep his mouth shut, not argue with them, accept the ticket and then he could have argued the point in traffic court! And then to run from the cops? That’s definitely a good way to get shot! The man would not be dead right now! Have you ever heard the phrase “Don’t be dead right!” This is a horrible tragedy and these cops deserve to be charged for his murder. But it didn’t have to happen! If you ever get pulled over by the police, remember, they don’t have a clue as to who you are, what a nice person you are, or if you have 10 kilos of meth in your trunk and a couple guns under your seat. Even if you didn’t, in your mind, do anything wrong, be civil to the cops. Answer their questions. Yes sir and no sir! Quit fidgeting and reaching for anything! Smile even. Fight that ticket in front of a judge! You might still be alive the next day! This was so senseless! When I first watched the video, these were my first thoughts, that he instigated a confrontation by arguing with them from the beginning. That’s what you don’t do! Parents, teach your kids how to respond to the police if ever pulled over! So sad.
We have seen this happen many times on the news. Someone, usually a black person, ends up getting shot by the police after a routine traffic stop. I am in no way condoning the actions of the police in this incident but I do think it never would have happened if he hadn’t immediately started to argue with the police in the first place. The moment he is stopped and the window or door is opened, he, and others before him, immediately start yelling “what’d I do? what’d I do? I did nothing wrong! I didn’t do nothing! what you stopping me for?” Confrontational from the first moment! Obviously, you did SOMETHING wrong, however minor it might have been. You attracted their attention by doing SOMETHING! A broken tail light, rolling through a stop sign, speeding, windows tinted too dark, and in this case, they were saying “reckless driving” which could include numerous infractions. Why couldn’t he just keep his mouth shut, not argue with them, accept the ticket and then he could have argued the point in traffic court! And then to run from the cops? That’s definitely a good way to get shot! The man would not be dead right now! Have you ever heard the phrase “Don’t be dead right!” This is a horrible tragedy and these cops deserve to be charged for his murder. But it didn’t have to happen! If you ever get pulled over by the police, remember, they don’t have a clue as to who you are, what a nice person you are, or if you have 10 kilos of meth in your trunk and a couple guns under your seat. Even if you didn’t, in your mind, do anything wrong, be civil to the cops. Answer their questions. Yes sir and no sir! Quit fidgeting and reaching for anything! Smile even. Fight that ticket in front of a judge! You might still be alive the next day! This was so senseless! When I first watched the video, these were my first thoughts, that he instigated a confrontation by arguing with them from the beginning. That’s what you don’t do! Parents, teach your kids how to respond to the police if ever pulled over! So sad.
Loser.
don’t care if they off their own kind
I would think he had it coming Yes it did look like they might have been very pissed off but i still say he was at fault. But many donlt EVER think there kin can do anything wrong . And the Cops are ALWAY wrong I think they are in the right most time and i would much rather have Cops they make erroe now and then than NO Cops I have to carry all the time now and in some place carry 2 for safety Much rther the cps be able to do there job so i would not have to carrry
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