Five former Memphis Police Department officers have been charged with second-degree murder and other crimes over the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died days after he was fatally beaten by officers during a traffic stop on Jan. 7.
have also called on state lawmakers and Gov. Bill Lee to pass a "Tyre Law" in Tennessee, which in part would require police to intervene in active crimes, even when they are being committed by another officer.why officers originally pulled Nichols over and why members of the specialized police unit were involved. The total number of officers involved is also unclear, as is how many are currently under investigation.said on Jan.
Davis said the cameras did not record any evidence of probable cause for the traffic stop, though she stressed that that did not mean none existed. In the released footage, the first time Nichols and the vehicle he was driving are visible is after officers had already pulled him over. The audio of the earliest footage is muted, so a cause for the traffic stop cannot be heard over police radio chatter.
on Jan. 26 that additional officers are under investigation for department policy violations throughout the stop and that the department is reviewing footage from the unit to determine if its members committed other violations during previous arrests.is also conducting an internal investigation into its medical response and care for Nichols after the beating.
An independent autopsy performed by a forensic pathologist hired by the family found that "Tyre suffered extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating," according to the
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