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On January 7, 2023, Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old black man, was fatally injured by five black police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, and died three days later. The officers, all members of the Memphis Police Department (MPD) SCORPION [a] unit, pulled Nichols from his car before pepper spraying and tasering him. Nichols broke free and ran toward ...
- Jan. 7: Tyre Nichols Pulled Over
- Jan. 18: Federal Investigations Begin
- Jan. 20: The Firing of Memphis Police Officers
- Jan. 23: Family Describes Body Camera Footage
- Jan. 26: Independent Autopsy Released, Officers Charged
- Jan. 27: Body Camera Footage Released, Shelby County Deputies Relieved from Duty
- Feb. 3: Memphis PD Fires White Officer Who Encountered Nichols
- March 7: 7th Memphis PD Officer Terminated
- Sept. 12: 5 Former Officers Indicted on Federal Charges
Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was pulled over by policefor alleged reckless driving. According to Nichols' mother, RowVaughn Wells, Tyre was 2 minutes away from his home when he was pulled over. Officials said that Memphis officers approached Nichols, who ran away. Officers say they then pursued Nichols after he ran and apprehended him, po...
Kevin G. Ritz, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced that the FBI and DOJ are investigating the incident. "State authorities have publicly announced that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating," Ritz said in a statement. "In addition, the United States Attorney's Office, in coordination with the FBI...
The Memphis Police Department announced that it fired five police officers following an investigation into Nichols' death. The officers were identified as Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith. They are all Black men. "After a thorough review of the circumstances surrounding this incident, we have de...
The video footage of Nichols' interaction with five Memphis police officers was viewed by Nichols' family and attorneys. They described the video as "appalling," "deplorable," "heinous," "violent" and "troublesome on every level," according to Ben Crump, attorney for the Nichols family. "What he was in that [video] was defenseless the entire time,"...
A grand jury indicted five officers -- Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith -- involved in the Nichols incident. They have each been charged with murder and are in custody. They have been charged with "second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravating kidnapping, resulting in bodily injury, aggr...
Memphis officials released the footage of Nichols' confrontation with police. Four videos were shared to Vimeo by the city of Memphis. The city shared footage from three bodyworn cameras, as well as a pole camera, amounting to about 67 minutes total. The videos included the warning: "Footage contains graphic content and language. Some may find offe...
The Memphis Police Department announced that it fired Hemphill for violating multiple police guidelines during his confrontation with Nichols. This included personal conduct, truthfulness, and a violation for not using the TASER in compliance with regulations, police said.
Jennifer Sink, Memphis's chief legal officer, told city councilmembers that a seventh officer who was involved in the encounter with Nichols was terminated. The officer's identity was not immediately revealed. Sink said that 13 Memphis police officers were administratively charged in the incident. Aside from the terminated officers, three others we...
Bean, Haley, Smith, Martin and Mills were indictedon charges relating to the deprivation of rights under color of law, including excessive force and failure to intervene as well as deliberate indifference, and conspiracy to witness-tamper, according to court records. The five defendants allegedly didn't relay information about their assault to the ...
Oct 3, 2024 · Three former Memphis police officers were convicted Thursday in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, but were acquitted of the harshest charges they faced for a death that sparked national ...
Oct 3, 2024 · The graphic footage of a group of Memphis police officers beating Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black FedEx worker for roughly three minutes in January 2023, despite his cries for help and...
Oct 3, 2024 · Three former Memphis police officers have been convicted in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, but were acquitted of the harshest charges they faced.
May 5, 2023 · Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Black man who was violently beaten by Memphis police officers in January, died from blunt force trauma to the head and his death has been ruled a homicide,...
Jan 28, 2023 · Video Captures Brutal Beating of Tyre Nichols. The footage shows the Memphis police kicking, punching and using a baton on the 29-year-old Black man, who died days later. Five officers were fired...
