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February 2023
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Swift release of Nichols’ bodycam footage hasn’t opened door to other MPD videos
The quick release of footage of the Tyre Nichols’ beating is an anomaly for MPD, which has not released video or other details in a series of officer-involved shootings since November.
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Crew crime: Group burglaries trouble law enforcement and businesses
Memphis Police Department footage shows more than 20 participants bursting into businesses in some recent burglaries.
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Local pastor identifies officer injured in library shooting
Bishop Brandon Porter said the officer injured in Thursday’s shooting was also the director of security at his church.
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TBI confirms officer in critical condition after East Memphis shooting
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Memphis Police officer Preston Hemphill fired
Hemphill is the sixth MPD officer to be fired for violating police policies in the Jan. 7 death of Tyre Nichols.
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State board suspends 2 of 3 fired EMTs over failure to help Tyre Nichols
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Conaway: I am horrified by — and proud of — my city
“There is both urgency and conviction here in what to do about the killing of Tyre Nichols, in what to do about police brutality, and it has national implications. We’re doing it. We must do it. And in memory of your gentle soul, Mr. Nichols, we must continue.”
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Students join rapper NLE Choppa ‘to skate for Tyre’
“I was just trying to turn a negative into a positive. That’s my main goal today.”
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Sanford: Family of Tyre Nichols deserves justice for a fun-loving son
Memphians, who already feel beleaguered by violent crime that at times seems out of control, must now come to grips with the fact that elements within the police department — however small — are partakers of criminal violence themselves.
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MPD response after Nichols’ death surprised expert, but challenges remain
It took five years — five years — for New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo to be fired after Eric Garner’s death in 2014. In Memphis, in 2023, it took 13 days for five officers to be fired for their roles in Tyre Nichols’ death.
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January 2023
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City to release full audio and video footage in Nichols case
The City of Memphis is preparing to release the full audio and video footage of Tyre Nichols’ fatal encounter with police once its administrative investigation is completed in the next few weeks.
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Four of five officers fired after Tyre Nichols’ death had previous infractions
An analysis of the personnel records of the five officers included mainly procedural violations, car accidents and accidental damage of department equipment for four of the officers.
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Tyre Nichols case spotlights MPD transparency issues
The initial information released by police in the Tyre Nichols case differed significantly in some respects from what was shown on video footage released to the public last week.
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Seventh MPD officer relieved of duty as more personnel actions are ‘imminent’
A seventh Memphis Police officer under investigation and off the job is not identified. But police brass say he and officer Preston Hemphill have been relieved of duty since the day after Tyre Nichols was beaten by police in southeast Memphis.
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Officer relieved of duty after Tyre Nichols’ death
The Memphis Police Department confirmed Monday, Jan. 30, that Officer Preston Hemphill has been relieved of duty and it plans “to have additional information to share ... once it becomes available.”
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Analysis: A timeline of how Tyre Nichols traffic stop became violent
The Daily Memphian analyzed the earliest available footage of the Nichols traffic stop in detail, creating a moment-by-moment timeline of the Memphis Police Department officers’ increasingly aggressive responses, even as Nichols himself remains calm and compliant.
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Protesters block access to Ridgeway Police Station
One protester said local activists will keep protesting until all the officers involved in the events that lead to Tyre Nichols’ death have been identified.
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MPD’s SCORPION unit permanently deactivated
MPD released a tweet Saturday that said: “In the process of listening intently to the family of Tyre Nichols, community leaders and the uninvolved officers ... it is in the best interest of all to permanently deactivate the SCORPION Unit.”
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Tyre Nichols protesters shut down I-55 bridge
Protesters blocked the I-55 bridge for hours. Traffic was backed up as far as I-40 and Elvis Presley Boulevard. By 10 p.m., traffic was moving again on I-55. Some protesters returned to Martyrs Park.
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Video of brutal police beating of Tyre Nichols released
These videos contain content that may be upsetting to sensitive viewers. In the footage, Nichols can been seen being restrained, beaten, Tasered and pepper sprayed by MPD officers.
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Mulroy talks MPD indictments, says Nichols video will be released Friday
“While each of the five individuals played a different role in the incident in question, the actions of all of them resulted in the death of Tyre Nichols and they are all responsible,” Shelby County DA Steve Mulroy said.
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MPD’s Davis says she, other police chiefs bracing for public’s response to video
MPD’s Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis talked to The Daily Memphian about why they are releasing the video footage Friday evening, whether the National Guard will be brought in and how she thinks these latest events will affect recruiting. Earlier in the day, she also discussed the fire department’s role in Nichols’ death.
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MPD chief orders probe of specialized units; additional officers under investigation
In a recorded statement released late Wednesday evening, Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis said other MPD officers, besides the five already fired last week for violating department policies in Tyre Nichols’ death, are under investigation.
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Report suggests footage of Tyre Nichols arrest could come Friday
Retired Sheriff Jeff Bledsoe, executive director of the Tennessee Sheriff’s Association, sent a letter to Jonathan Thompson, executive director and CEO of the National Sheriff’s Association, and the letter was obtained by WVTF-TV Channel 5 in Nashville.
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Tyre Nichols suffered ‘extensive bleeding,’ independent autopsy reports
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said he hired the same pathologist in this case as he did in the case of George Floyd, whose family he also represented.
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Memphis City Council looks at police reforms in wake of Tyre Nichols’ death
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Social media: ‘Is there a serial killer loose in Westwood?’ Cops: ‘No.’
A TikTok user has drawn attention to a possible connection between six murders in the Westwood area. Raines Station police addressed each one.
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