Five former police officers were arraigned on murder charges in the death of Tyre Nichols on Feb. 17. The officers pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct, and official oppression. They are all out on bond. Their next hearing was scheduled for May 1. The Nichols case is the latest […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Five former Memphis police officers on Friday pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges stemming from last month’s death of Tyre Nichols. Police video captured images of the officers beating and kicking Nichols, hitting him with a baton, spraying him with pepper spray and firing a stun gun at him on Jan. […]
More Memphis police officers are expected to face disciplinary charges following further findings from an investigation into the death of Tyre Nichols, an official said on Tuesday. Jennifer Sink, chief legal officer for the city of Memphis, told council members that the number of officers disciplined for policy violations could rise to 13, noting that […]
“The View” host Whoopi Goldberg has asked a provocative question: should white people start dying at the hands of police so that something finally changes? In this episode, I examine the racial component as well as several cases where police brutality occurred with white victims but was largely ignored by major media. When Whoopi says […]
The Memphis Police Department fired a sixth officer on Friday as it announced further findings from its internal investigation into the death of Tyre Nichols. Nichols, 29, passed away in the hospital on Jan. 10, three days after a violent encounter with five Memphis police officers during a traffic stop that ultimately ended with Nichols succumbing […]
Vice President Kamala Harris attended the funeral of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old FedEx worker who died three days after a violent interaction with police. Harris was invited to the Memphis, Tennessee, funeral during her phone call with the victim’s mother RowVaughn Wells on Jan. 31, according to family attorney Ben Crump’s statement to NBC News. “Vice President Harris […]
The Memphis Fire Department said it fired three employees following the release of video footage that showed the deadly arrest of Tyre Nichols and the immediate aftermath. Nichols, 29, died in hospital on Jan. 10, three days after his violent encounter with Memphis police officers when they tried to arrest him in a traffic stop gone […]
Former President Donald Trump filed a $49 million lawsuit on Jan. 30 against journalist Bob Woodward for releasing audio recordings of interviews Trump gave him in 2019 and 2020. A sixth Memphis officer has been taken off the force after the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols. It comes on the heels of a weekend […]
A sixth Memphis police officer has been relieved of duty in connection to the assault and death investigation of Tyre Nichols, a Memphis Police Department (MPD) official announced on Monday. MPD Officer Preston Hemphill was suspended and is on administrative leave, said Memphis police spokeswoman Karen Rudolph. It is unclear what Hemphill’s role was in […]
