Thursday’s meeting in Nashville was the next step to ensuring the officers involved in the Tyre Nichols traffic stop never practice law enforcement in the state of Tennessee ever again.
A newly-released decertification request lays out the involvement of a now-retired Memphis police lieutenant in the traffic stop made on the night Tyre Nichols was beaten.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and the family of Gershun Freeman are demanding that Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner and Mayor Lee Harris hold accountable all of the officers involved in the incident that led to his death inside 201 Poplar.
Council members passed five of six ordinances that were up for a third reading Tuesday adjusting how police make traffic stops, train, and how the department itself is investigated.
Chief Legal Officer for the City of Memphis, Jennifer Sink, told city councilors Tuesday morning that a seventh Memphis police officer was fired for his involvement in the death of Tyre Nichols.
The community of Orange Mound pays homage to the legacy of Tyre Nichols, the Memphis native that died in that hands of police officers earlier this year.
Friday morning, the Tennessee Health Professional Board, which is within the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH), held an emergency board meeting to hear the appeal of former Memphis Fire Department EMTs Robert Long and JaMichael Sandridge.
Thursday, dozens of faith leaders, students, and others joined the Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope (MICAH) for a rally in front of Memphis City Hall to demand that city leaders implement policy changes for the Memphis Police Department.
Two Memphis Fire Department emergency medical technicians who were fired and had their licenses suspended for failing to give aid to Tyre Nichols for 19 minutes while he struggled with injuries from being brutally beaten by police, did not check his vital signs or perform other basic medical examinations, documents released Thursday showed.
With the national spotlight on the Memphis Police Department, following the murder of Tyre Nichols, other local agencies like the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office are taking a hard look at their own policies.
Almost six weeks to the day after the Jan. 7 traffic stop that would result in the death of Tyre Nichols, Rodney and RowVaughn Wells, Nichols’ parents, entered one of the courtrooms at 201 Poplar, awaiting the five men charged with his murder to enter behind them.
On Friday, the Action News 5 Investigators were given access to former officer Preston Hemphill’s personnel file. Hemphill was fired from the Memphis Police Department for what the department said were lies about the initial Tyre Nichols traffic stop and interaction with officers.
A request was made by attorneys from the five ex-officers, who face murder charges in Nichols’ death, to only share this evidence with counsel for each party.
State Representatives G. A. Hardaway and Joe Towns, along with other local leaders gathered at the NAACP office Friday to discuss furthering an investigation into the conduct and history of the Memphis Police Department in the wake of the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers.
Questions still remain about why two Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies were at the scene of the arrest of Tyre Nichols. Sheriff Bonner did confirm that at least one of the suspended deputies was friends with one of the five MPD officers facing murder charges in Nichols' death.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office reached a decision in the administrative investigation into the actions of two deputies who arrived on the scene following the violent encounter between Memphis police and Tyre Nichols, according to SCSO.
The defense for one of the former Memphis police officers indicted for second-degree murder for the death of Tyre Nichols is asking for certain evidence gathered in the case to be preserved.
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said on Thursday he supports Police Chief CJ Davis’ decision to reassign SCORPION Unit officers after she said Tuesday at Memphis City Council that at least 30 officers have been reassigned to other specialized units.
The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office is reviewing all prior cases involving the five Memphis police officers charged with murdering Tyre Nichols.
Over a month has passed since the brutal arrest of Tyre Nichols, another Memphis man who lives in the same Hickory Hill community claims the same SCORPION Unit officers beat him as well.
The five former Memphis police officers charged with Tyre Nichols’ death could soon be without their state certification, preventing them from being able to police in the state of Tennessee.
Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis and Memphis Fire Chief Gina Sweat were called before Memphis City Council’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee.
Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis has sent a request to the Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) Commission for the decertification of the five former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols.
A man is suing the City of Memphis, as well as the five officers charged with killing Tyre Nichols, for an alleged assault that he says happened days before Nichols’ death.
Local activists took their cries for justice to the Shelby County Commission Monday, namely seeking a change in the way the Shelby County sheriff does business. Protestors want the sheriff to use the video of Memphis police beating Tyre Nichols as a lesson on what not to do when dealing with citizens.
A crowd of around 100 gathered at the Shelby County Courthouse Saturday afternoon to demand justice for Tyre Nichols—and to say disbanding the SCORPION Unit isn’t enough. Now, activists demand an end to all special crime units within Memphis Police Department.
The Mayor of Memphis is asking for outside federal help to do an independent review of Memphis police as some members of Congress consider adding Tyre Nichols’ name to a police reform bill currently being crafted.
Family, friends, and dignitaries from across the country gathered at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church Wednesday to honor the life of Tyre Nichols.
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