Tire Nichols Updates: ‘6th Memphis Police Officer Released From Duty’ After Fatal Beating Video Is Released

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Protesters march in Memphis after a video was released of Tyre Nichols being beaten by police

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The Memphis Police Department announced that a sixth officer, Preston Hemphill, has been placed on administrative leave in connection with the Nichols photo beating.

Hemphill’s attorney, Lee Gerald, confirmed to reporters that his client was the third officer at Nickels’ initial traffic stop.

“In accordance with administrative regulations, Officer Hemphill activated his body camera,” Mr. Gerald said in a statement. “He was never present at the second scene. He is cooperating with officials in this investigation.”

Nichols’ parents — Rovogen Wells and Rodney Wells — have accepted an invitation from the Congressional Black Caucus to attend Joe Biden’s State of the Union address next week.

The rally’s president, Stephen Horsford, said he had spoken with Nicholls’ parents “to offer them our condolences first, to let them know we stand with them, and ask them what they want from us at this moment”.

Horsford said he hoped to arrange a meeting between the president and the Nichols family.

Nichols, 29, was pulled over at a traffic stop in Memphis on Jan. 7. He died three days later in hospital.

Five officers — Tadarius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmett Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith — have been fired by the Memphis Police Department and charged with murder.

Footage of the fatal confrontation was released on Friday, in which Nichols was caught being punched, kicked and clubbed.

However, the footage leaves some unanswered questions including why the officers stopped Nichols’ car from passing in the first place.

KEY POINTS SHOW LATEST UPDATE 1675109274 Republican Congressman Jim Jordan said ‘no law’ can stop ‘evil’ in police camera footage in Nichols’ photos

Conservative Congressman Jim Jordan told NBC News’ Meet the Press that he’s not sure if any law can stop the “evil” shown in police body cam footage showing Tire Nichols being beaten by officers.

“I don’t know that there is any law that can stop this evil that we have seen,” he said on the programme.

He then accused Democrats of trying to use the legislation to solve issues such as systemic police abuse.

“Democrats always think it’s a new law that’s going to fix something terrible,” he said.

Graig Graziosi30 Jan 2023 20:07

An attorney representing Tire Nichols asks why it took so long to identify the sixth officer involved in the police beating

Ben Crump, the attorney representing Tire Nichols’ family, has leveled criticism at the Memphis Police Department after announcing that a sixth officer, Preston Hemphill, had been released from duty in connection with the beating of Nichols by police.

“Why did it take so long for Memphis officials to reveal Ofc. Preston Hemphill’s identity and that he was released from duty weeks ago but has not yet been terminated or charged?” he wrote on Twitter. “Why is the white officer involved in the brutal attack of #TyreNichols protected and protected?”

Graig Graziosi30 Jan 2023 19:27

The Congressional Black Caucus is pushing Biden to resume police reform talks

Rep. Stephen Horsford, the Nevada congressman who serves as CBC chair, said in a statement Sunday that the caucus is asking to sit down with Mr. Biden to “press for negotiations on much-needed national reforms to our justice system — specifically, procedures and behavior.” Our law enforcement.

Mr Horsford said Mr Nicholls’ death, captured in disturbing video showing him being beaten and kicked by a group of officers now facing murder charges, is “a grim reminder that we still have a long way to go in solving the problem of systemic policing”. Violence in America”.

Andrew Feinberg of The Independent has more in his story:

Graig GraziosiJanuary 30, 2023, 19:00

The sixth arrested officer confirmed in Nichols’ photos that he fired the stun gun during the confrontation

Preston Hemphill, the sixth Memphis police officer to face disciplinary action for striking Nichols’ photos, reportedly fired a stun gun at Mr. Nichols the night before his death.

The Memphis Police Department announced that Mr. Hemphill has been placed on administrative leave due to the encounter.

He was the officer who fired the stun gun at Mr Nichols when he tried to escape from police who stopped him, according to ABC 7.

Graig Graziosi Jan 30, 2023 18:34

1675101121 The shocking video revealed that the Memphis police brutally beat Nichols’ photos. But these eight questions remain unanswered

The country spent the weekend reckoning with police camera footage showing Memphis police officers hitting photos of Nichols during a traffic stop.

Although the incident has become clearer thanks to the footage, there are still many unanswered questions by prosecutors and the Memphis Police Department.

Rachel Sharp of The Independent examines these questions in her story below…

Greg Graziosi Jan 30 2023 17:52

Newly suspended Memphis police officer Preston Hemphill slammed Nichols’ tire during a traffic stop

Memphis police officer Preston Hemphill was reportedly the third officer at the scene of Nichols’ beaten photos.

Hemphill’s attorney, Lee Gerald, confirmed to ABC 7 that his client was the third officer at Nickels’ primary traffic station.

“In accordance with administrative regulations, Officer Hemphill activated his body camera,” Mr. Gerald said in a statement. “He was never present at the second scene. He is cooperating with officials in this investigation.”

The officer’s camera footage is included with the footage released Friday.

Graig Graziosi30 Jan 2023 17:15

1675096087 stopping officer sixth in Memphis

A sixth Memphis police officer has reportedly been suspended from duty at the precinct in the wake of Tire Nichols’ death.

A department spokesperson speaking to Fox13 Memphis said Officer Preston Hemphill has been relieved of duty.

The spokesman did not provide details of Mr. Hemphill’s release relationship with Mr. Nichols.

Graig Graziosi Jan 30, 2023 16:28

1675093515 Neighbors and visitors begin erecting a temporary memorial in the neighborhood where Nichols’ portraits were beaten by Memphis police.

A temporary memorial to Tyre Nichols was erected in the neighborhood where five Memphis police officers allegedly beat him, sustaining injuries that would eventually lead to death.

Neighbors and visitors left balloons, flowers, and stuffed animals at the site in Mr. Nichols’ memory.

Graig Graziosi Jan 30, 2023 15:45

Memphis police gave Tire Nichols 71 commands over 13 minutes, analysis claims

A video analysis by The New York Times found that Memphis police officers gave Tyre Nichols 71 orders over the course of 13 minutes after they stopped his car.

As noted in the analysis, some of the orders given to Mr. Nichols were confusing and contradictory. In other cases, the officers told Mr. Nichols to comply with demands he had already complied with, such as to “get down to earth” while he was already on the ground.

Camera footage of the arrest appears to show the Memphis officers using Mr. Nichols’ inability to follow a series of vague and sometimes impossible orders to justify escalating their response tactics.

Graig Graziosi Jan 30, 2023 15:15

A skatepark vigil was planned for Tire Nichols in Sacramento

A skate park in Sacramento that Tyre Nichols visits regularly said it plans to hold a vigil for him at 6:30 p.m. PST.

Mr. Nichols was a regular at the park before moving to Memphis in 2020.

Nico Chapman, who grew up in the area, remembers Mr. Nichols fondly. He mentioned to Fox 2 how when he was younger, his parents wouldn’t let him visit the skate park unless they knew Mr. Nichols was there to help look for him.

“You remember people who are really nice to you, and Tyre was just a really nice person,” Chapman said. “He always made me feel really welcome.”

Graig Graziosi Jan 30, 2023 15:00

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