Look at the videos; Tyre couldn't even stand so they held him up to get more of a beating, eventually using a baton to crack his head open.
It must have been an all white jury of Midtown liberals.
Riots and assorted mayhem to begin this evening? God help the good citizens of Memphis.
Ridiculous. They murdered that boy.
It was a total white jury. I’m surprised the prosecutor let that happen. I guess murder is okey-dokey in America today.
I watched the videos. Sickening.
I guess those who were acquitted didn’t actually beat Tyre to death, but just sure stood around watching.
Maybe there were so many other cops killing Tyre that they just couldn’t fight their way in.
The cops are black.
They also got convicted of federal charges.
The article mentions that jury was “all white” and that the deceased was black... Did they mention all five officers involved were black?
How did they manage to find an all-White jury in Memphis?
You can imagine if the cops were White what would have happened.
“I can’t believe they got away with this. “
From your article excerpt — “The three defendants still face the prospect of years in prison after they were convicted of federal charges last year, though they were acquitted of the most serious charges then, too.”
“”Mills and another officer involved in the beating, Emmitt Martin, have agreed to plead guilty to the state charges and did not stand trial under deals with prosecutors. They also pleaded guilty in federal court, where sentencing for all five officers is pending.””
For those who didn’t read the article and wonder who in the devil Martin is, this explains it..Nothing like leaving out details when excerpting...
This is not going to sit well in Memphis. I worked with Tyre and he was totally innocent unlike these scumbags.
All of Memphis was pissed off by this...
Wouldn’t have happened if Nichols had submitted to arrest and maybe sued later — as a white guy would have done.
I’m with you, it was sickening.
BTW: How exactly does someone get an all-white jury in Memphis? Derek Chauvin pay-back?
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The Memphis Police Dept even admitted there was no legal reason to even stop him at all. He wasn’t speeding or doing anything wrong. They watched all the traffic cams...
Midtown liberals... Any liberal would have hung the cops regardless if they were right or wrong.
Same here. All white jury suffering from white privilege, even after watching the videos of this going down. Now those cops will sue the city no doubt.
Maybe that guy that writes all them lawyer books can get a story out of this.
Moral of the story: Don’t go to Memphis, ever.
How racist: “jury appeared to be all white”
Appeared to be all KKK members from Ireland.
Absolutely disgusting. I will never go to Tennessee again.