Posted on 05/07/2025 8:08:25 AM PDT by V_TWIN
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Verdicts could be made Wednesday in the state murder trial against three former Memphis police officers accused in the January 2023 traffic stop beating death of Memphis civilian Tyre Nichols.
On the night of January 7, 2023, investigators say that officers with the Memphis Police Department‘s now-defunct SCORPION Unit pulled Nichols over in Hickory Hill for alleged reckless driving.
Investigators say he ran from the initial traffic stop at Ross and East Raines Road until officers caught him at Ross and Castlegate Lane near his parents’ house.
Five now-former MPD officers are accused of fatally beating Nichols, who was unarmed, in their effort to detain him.
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I'd be interested to know how many of you have even heard of this story where 5 black cops are accused of beating a black man to death.
Because if it had been 5 White cops I'm sure we'd ALL be familiar with it.
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I remember it. Apparently Tyre was dating one of the cops ex baby mama’s and they were on the prod for him. It wasn’t just a traffic stop.
Black-on-black crime is so common it doesn’t even warrant a blip on the news.
If you’re near or in Memphis you know about this.
They beat Tyree to death and it’s on camera.
Tyree had no criminal record and this wasn’t the first time those cops had been in trouble for their actions.
i remember it
the dead guy was dating one of the cop’s girlfriend or ex-wife?
That’s what somebody else said.
It’s been my studied opinion that there are lowlifes in law enforcement just like in every other walk of life.
I suspect this is what comes of hiring people for what they are and not people with the most/best experience.
Simmer on that a bit.
Her approach to policing became exactly what she built, but it suddenly got real.
My question is "When will she be held accountable?" And "When will her training and operating manuals for her Scorpion Unit make it into discovery and testimony at the cops trials?"
“When will her training and operating manuals for her Scorpion Unit make it into discovery and testimony at the cops trials?”
Well, since the Verdicts may very well come today I’d say probably never.
It’s much more complicated but to distill it; you get what you pay for.
There were no subject matter experts involved in the selection of these cops.
None of them should have ever been in uniform!
Then the civil suits will come, over $100,000,000, bankrupting the city.
theres video. they worked him over. Read about it when it happened.
There is nothing alleged about this? They murdered him.
This is untrue. He was murdered by out of control cops. I worked with him and this rumor went around shortly after he died. It was NOT true.
No he was not. This was BS rumors.
What was worse is they kept her in office for many months later after this. Any man would have been fired.
Well yeah, they murdered him!
They had no concept of the Constitution and they were the embodiment of entitlement!
Yes
Black on Black crime
Need to get started rebuilding Alcatraz...
Absolutely. No interest here from the race whores, they can’t gain money or power from this case.
Well, no dispute it was murder.
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