Episode 2097
Death of Tyre Nichols
Sun, 2023-Jan-29 02:30 UTC
Length - 2:12
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Tyre Nichols ( TY-ree) died on January 10, 2023, three days after five Memphis Police Department (MPD) officers beat him during a traffic stop on January 7.
After officers pulled Nichols from his car and used pepper spray and a taser on him, Nichols tried to run away. When officers caught up with him, they punched and kicked him in the head and struck him on the back with a baton while restraining him.
Nichols was hospitalized in a critical condition and died three days later.
An autopsy commissioned by his family found "extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating". On January 8, the MPD said Nichols had been pulled over for reckless driving. The Chief of Police later stated that video recordings did not capture any evidence of probable cause for Nichols to be stopped (though stressing that cause might nonetheless have existed).
Media outlets reported the videos did not appear to show Nichols doing anything to provoke the beating.
The five officers – Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith – all African American – were fired on January 20, and on January 26 they were arrested and charged with murder, kidnapping, assault, and misconduct;
two Memphis firefighters who were involved in Nichols's initial medical care were relieved of duty, pending investigation.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the United States Department of Justice both opened investigations.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:30 UTC on Sunday, 29 January 2023.
For the full current version of the article, see Death of Tyre Nichols on Wikipedia.
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