I think the kid was doing like twenty over the speed limit so they pulled him over for reckless driving and he got scared and ran. Not too smart but still......
Let’s see: He’s afraid for his life so he runs away and then the cops catch him and beat him to death.
Makes perfect sense.
In Memphis a lot of people drive 20 mph over the speed limit.
If you have to go through there on the interstate DO NOT try to drive the speed limit. At least 10 mph more.
One time I tried to see how fast a gasoline truck was going down I-40. I was on my motorcycle. Once I hit 90 mph I got scared and it sped away.
BTW Nichols did not have a criminal history. He moved to Memphis to work at FedEx.