TYRE NICHOLS

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The Memphis police supervisor on the scene when Tyre Nichols was beaten to death by officers retired with his benefits the day before a hearing to terminate him.

Lt. DeWayne Smith retired one day before a termination hearing was to be held to determine if he would be fired, records showed.

The Memphis police supervisor on scene when Tyre Nichols was beaten to death by officers retired with his benefits the day before a hearing to fire him.

Years before the police beating of Tyre Nichols, Memphis relaxed academic, disciplinary and fitness standards for recruits, nine current and former officers said.

Prosecutors played video showing officers punching or kicking people or repeatedly using stun devices.

A Tennesee judge ordered a delay in releasing video and records relating to the Tyre Nichols traffic stop during a hearing on Wednesday.

The review, which was requested by Memphis officials, will examine the department's use of force and de-escalation policies. At least 10 officers were involved in the deadly encounter with Nichols.

The Justice Department says it is launching two reviews-- one of the Memphis Police Department's use of force policies, and the other of specialized police unit across the U.S.

The department will also review the Memphis Police Department's use of force and de-escalation policies at the request of the city's mayor and police chief.

Probe was announced just over two months after Memphis officers were recorded brutally beating Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, after a traffic stop.

The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it will review the Memphis police department policies on use of force, de-escalation strategies and specialized units in response to the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols during an arrest.

A seventh police officer has also been fired due to their involvement in the arrest.

Nearly 20 hours of new footage and audio, along with accompanying documents, will be released to the public on Wednesday afternoon, officials say.

A former Memphis Fire Department emergency medical technician has told a Tennessee board that officers “impeded patient care” by refusing to remove Tyre Nichols’ handcuffs, which would have allowed EMTs to check Nichols' vital signs after he was brutally beaten by police.

A former Memphis Fire Department emergency medical technician told a Tennessee board Friday that officers “impeded patient care” by refusing to remove Tyre Nichols ' handcuffs, which would have allowed EMTs to check his vital signs after he was brutally beaten by police. Robert Long, whose license was suspended for failing to give aid to Nichols and who has also been fired, appeared by livestream before the state Emergency Medical Services Board to share his version of events.

A top Memphis official says a fourth Fire Department employee is being investigated as part of the city’s probe into the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols.

The five former Memphis police officers charged with the murder of Tyre Nichols have pleaded not guilty during a court arraignment.

The five former Memphis police officers charged with murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man, pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges at Shelby County Criminal Court in Tennessee on Friday. “They didn't even have the courage to look at me in my face after what they did to my son,” RowVaughn Wells, Nichols's mother, said at a press conference after the arraignments.

With family of Tyre Nichols looking on in the courtroom, judge schedules next appearance for fired Memphis police officers for May 1.

The officers were fired after an internal police investigation into the Jan. 7 arrest of Nichols, who died in a hospital three days later.

The five former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols in January have pleaded not guilty in an initial court appearance Friday.

They will be arraigned charges of murder, assault, and other felonies. Tyre Nichols died three days after the officers beat him following a Jan. 7 traffic stop.

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The next hearing for five former Memphis, Tennessee, police officers charged with killing Tyre Nichols has been scheduled for May 1.

Two sheriff's deputies who have been suspended for five days failed to keep their body cameras activated after they went to the location where Nichols had been beaten by Memphis police, officials say.

Five Memphis officers accused of beating Nichols have been fired and charged with second-degree murder​.

The White House says President Joe Biden is taking new steps to address racial inequality throughout the federal government.

Authorities say two sheriff’s deputies who have been suspended for five days for their role in the arrest of Tyre Nichols failed to keep their body cameras activated after they went to the location where Nichols had been beaten by five Memphis police officers.

An Oregon lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require police officers to complete at least two years of education beyond high school.

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMediaThe family of a double amputee shot and killed by police officers on Jan. 26 has taken the necessary preliminary steps to file a lawsuit against a Southern California city. Contreras called the incident a “straight murder.”“A disabled man, double amputee, murdered by the police department officers, and we’re here making demands. Officers in Huntington Park’s 1900 block of Slauson Avenue claimed they saw a man with a butcher knife about a foot long. A police report said that the man ignored verbal orders and threatened to move forward or throw the knife at officers. “Officers deployed two separate tasers in an attempt to subdue the suspect, but the tasers were ineffective,” authorities wrote.

According to CNN, six police officers have been put on administrative leave after tasing Williams multiple times, leading to his death. While we were protesting for answers in the Tyre Nichols case, Williams’ family was fighting to figure out what happened on Jan 17. Robinson and Thomas deployed two separate tasers in “drive stun mode” which both contacted Williams in about a 50-second time span, police said. According to the memo, the taser deployed by Thomas contacted Williams’ side while Robinson’s taser contacted the left side of Williams’ back. At this point, Williams is heard saying he has “heart problems” as he begged for officers to stop.

A former Tennessee officer has pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of a man he arrested in 2021. The offiicer hit the man in the head with his gun before he arrested him.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., said in a fundraising email last week that Tyre Nichols, the Memphis man who was fatally beaten by Black police officers, was "killed by white supremacy."

The head of a union representing the three fired Memphis Fire Department EMTs said that responding officers did not receive enough information about Tyre Nichols as they responded.

The head of a union representing most of the Memphis Fire Department said three employees who were fired after the death of Tyre Nichols weren’t given enough information as they responded to the call for medical help.

The head of a union representing most of the Memphis Fire Department said three employees who were fired after the death of Tyre Nichols weren’t given enough information as they responded to the call for medical help. Thomas Malone, president of the Memphis Fire Fighters Association, also wrote in a letter to city councilmembers that information was withheld from those first responders by people on the scene. Nichols, who is Black, was beaten by Memphis police after he was pulled over Jan. 7 for an alleged traffic violation.

Body cam footage released last Jan. 27 depicts Memphis’ Police arrest and assault of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, nature photographer, skateboarder and father. The officers repeatedly pulled him off the ground to beat him with a baton before Nichols collapsed. After communicating his shortness of breath, Nichols was hospitalized for the severe injuries he sustained in the confrontation near his home. The two E.M.T.s did not administer help for Nichols for 19 minutes as he laid in pain. In further efforts of healing, Vice President Kamala Harris attended Nichols’ funeral on Feb. 1 in support of the grieving Memphis community.

Former Memphis Police officer Demetrius Haley allegedly beat up a prisoner who was an inmate, a few years prior to the beating and death of Tyre Nichols.

A charitable foundation has named a Memphis park canopy for Tyre Nichols, who died last month after he was brutally beaten by officers.

Years before a Memphis police officer pulled Tyre Nichols from his car on Jan. 7, the officer was accused of taking part in the savage beating of an inmate at a county prison.

Years before Memphis Police officer Demetrius Haley pulled Tyre Nichols from his car on Jan. 7, setting in motion a deadly confrontation, Haley was accused of taking part in the savage beating of an inmate at a county jail. “We are truly asking that this matter gets looked into before someone gets hurt really bad or lose their life because of some unprofessional officers," the letter stated. The warning from dozens of inmates at the Shelby County jail is the clearest indication yet that one of the five officers who took part in the violent beating of Nichols had an event in his past that should have raised concerns before he was hired as a police officer.

The Shelby County District Attorney's Office says it will review all "closed and pending" cases of the five former Memphis police officers charged in Nichols' death. Four had prior violations at work.

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One of three Memphis Police officers who initially detained Tyre Nichols last month approached Nichols’ car while brandishing his gun.

Five Memphis police officers who allegedly beat Tyre Nichols to death attacked another black man three days earlier, according to a recently filed lawsuit.

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It was a stunning revelation: One of the officers involved in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols took a cellphone photo of the bloodied and handcuffed man and shared it with five other people.

The officer who pulled Tyre Nichols from his car before police fatally beat him never explained why he was being stopped, newly released documents show.

Demetrius Haley is accused of taking photos on his personal phone of an “obviously injured” Nichols handcuffed and propped up against a police cruiser.

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Newly released documents show that one of the former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols had taken and shared photos of the victim.

The Memphis officer stood over Tyre Nichols and took photographs, which he sent to other officers and a female acquaintance, according to documents released by the Tennessee's police standards panel.

At the State of the Union address, grieving parents, tireless activists, unlikely heroes were all in the room. But they shouldn’t have to be.

The president spoke about his conversation with Nichols' mother – and vowed to make her wish for her son's legacy come true.

An overhead "sky cop" camera offered the most thorough visual accounting of Tyre Nichols' beating; this time the criminals they stopped were cops.

The toll of police brutality in America was on painful display as family members of Black men and women killed in custody sit alongside lawmakers in the House to hear the president’s State of the Union address.

The invitees include cancer survivors and their families, a veteran and his caregivers, a health care professional from a Navajo reservation, a Holocaust survivor and more.

Documents released Tuesday provide a scathing account of what authorities are calling the “blatantly unprofessional” conduct of five officers involved in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop last month — including new revelations about how one officer took and shared pictures of the bloodied victim.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus wore black pins with the number “1870” on them, which marks the year of the first known police killing of an unarmed and free Black person that occurred in the U.S.

Officials say 13 Memphis officers could end up being disciplined in connection with the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus invited families that have lost loved ones at the hands of police to be their guests at the State of the Union.

The White House announced a number of notable names who will be attending Tuesday night's State of the Union address as guests in first lady Jill Biden's viewing box.

Mothers, fathers and siblings of Black people killed by police will attend President Biden’s State of the Union as guests of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Danielle Deadwyler and Viola Davis were tipped to be nominated for best actress, but missed out.

Rock star Bono, the family of Tyre Nichols and the 26-year-old who disarmed a gunman in last month’s Monterey Park, California, shooting were among the featured guests sitting with first lady Jill Biden at Tuesday’s State of the Union address.

Expect lots of new faces and fresh political dynamics as President Joe Biden delivers this year’s State of the Union address.

Tyre Nichols’ mother and Memphis police chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis are two women caught on different sides of a tragedy.

Skateboard legend Tony Hawk says he will donate half of the proceeds of autographed photos of himself and BMX rider Rick Thorne to the memorial fund for Tyre Nichols.

In a terrible way, the death of Tyre Nichols brings vindication to members of the Black community in Memphis who live in constant fear of the police.

Police say a Tennessee officer who was shot at a public library in Memphis while responding to a trespassing complaint remains in “extremely critical condition."

Officials say a sixth Memphis officer was fired Friday after an internal police investigation showed he violated multiple department policies in the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols, including rules surrounding the deployment of a stun gun.

The American Civil Liberties Union in Louisiana is pointing to recent court settlements as examples of the need to hold police accountable for violent tactics.

The funeral of Tyre Nichols had all the hallmarks of what’s known as a homegoing service in Black American communities: comforting gospel hymns, remembrances from loved ones and a stirring eulogy from a clergyman.

Supreme Court police officers are looking for a few good men and women — as are law enforcement departments around the country in a tight employment market.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have left a meeting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris with an agreement on how to address the issue of policing in America after the recent killing of Tyre Nichols.

Memphis police records show four of five Memphis officers charged with killing Tyre Nichols after violently beating him committed previous infractions.

The funeral for Tyre Nichols is taking place in Memphis, Tennessee, attended by family, friends and civil rights activists.

The release of footage showing Memphis, Tennessee, police officers violently beating Tyre Nichols has renewed calls for Congress to pass police reform legislation.

Tyre Nichols’ family and friends remembered him with songs of faith and heartfelt tributes, blending a celebration of his life with outraged calls for police reform after the brutal beating he endured at the hands of Memphis police.

Police departments across the country deploy plainclothes squads of officers in unmarked cars to tackle increasing crime rates or get guns off the street.

On the eve of the funeral for Tyre Nichols, who died days after a brutal beating by Memphis police officers, his family are sharing remembrances and expressing grief.

The parents of Tyre Nichols will attend President Joe Biden's State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol next week.

As Memphis police officers attacked Tyre Nichols with their feet, fists and a baton, others held Nichols down or milled about, even as he cried out in pain before his body went limp.

President Joe Biden plans to meet with the Congressional Black Caucus amid renewed calls for police reform, The White House confirmed on Monday afternoon.

Memphis police say two more officers involved in the arrest, beating and death of Tyre Nichols have been disciplined.

The pastor at the Memphis church where Tyre Nichols’ family spoke from the pulpit urging peace after his brutal killing reiterated the call for calm, following the release of video showing the fatal beating by police.

Former President Donald Trump says the footage of the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers is “horrible” and that the attack “never should have happened.”.

The 67 minutes of body camera and surveillance footage released in the death of a Memphis man at the hands of police give a glimpse of a harrowing night that oscillates between brutality and nonchalance.

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Newly released video shows Memphis police officers battering motorist Tyre Nichols with punches and kicks and also using pepper spray and a baton.

The Memphis police chief has disbanded the city’s so-called Scorpion unit, citing a “cloud of dishonor” from newly released video that showed some of its officers beating Tyre Nichols to death after stopping the Black motorist.

The outrage, frustration, sadness and anger over the killing of Tyre Nichols was evident around the NBA on Friday.

Protesters and police unions are condemning Memphis police after the public release of video showing five officers savagely beating Tyre Nichols, who later died.

Memphis authorities released more than an hour of footage Friday of the violent beating of Tyre Nichols in which officers held the Black motorist down and struck him repeatedly as he screamed for his mother.

Authorities in Memphis have released video showing Black motorist Tyre Nichols being beaten by five police officers who held him down and repeatedly struck him with fists, batons and boots.

Five fired Memphis police officers have been charged with murder and other crimes in the killing of Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist who died three days after a confrontation with the officers during a traffic stop.

The U_S_ Attorney’s Office said Wednesday the federal investigation into the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died after a violent arrest by Memphis police, “may take some time.”.