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What We Know About Tyre Nichols’s Lethal Encounter With Memphis Police [1]
['Rick Rojas', 'Neelam Bohra']
Date: 2023-02
Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was beaten by Memphis police officers for roughly three minutes on the evening of Jan. 7, after he was stopped for what the police initially said was reckless driving. The stop escalated into a violent confrontation that ended with Mr. Nichols hospitalized in critical condition. Three days later, he died.
Five police officers, all of whom are also Black, have been fired and were charged last week with various felonies, including second-degree murder. Two other Memphis Police Department officers and two sheriff’s deputies have been taken off duty, and three Fire Department employees have been fired.
On Jan. 27, the city of Memphis released footage that shows officers punching, kicking and using a baton to beat Mr. Nichols as he begs them to stop.
The footage, which amounts to almost an hour and which was compiled from police body cameras and a street camera, shows parts of the traffic stop, Mr. Nichols running away, the police pursuit and, ultimately, officers beating him. The Memphis police, in an initial statement, said that a “confrontation occurred” as officers stopped Mr. Nichols’s vehicle, and he fled. There was then “another confrontation” as officers arrested him, the statement said.
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