Posted on 01/26/2023 6:13:41 PM PST by Morgana
Five fired Memphis police officers were charged on Thursday with second-degree murder over the death of Tyre Nichols - who died three days after being beaten during a January 7 traffic stop.
Demetrius Haley, Tadarrius Bean, Desmond Mills, Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith, who are all black, are now in custody.
In addition to second degree murder the five were also charged with aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression.
On Thursday afternoon DA Steve Mulroy briefed the press, saying his team had moved 'swiftly, but also fairly' to review the case that led to the charges against the five officers. He added that the police bodycam footage of the incident will be released sometime after 6pm Central Time on Friday.
Second-degree murder, described by the Memphis District Attorney as a 'knowing murder,' is punishable by 15 to 60 years in prison under Tennessee law.
All five former cops were detained on bonds of up to $350,000.
Court records don't list attorneys for Smith, Bean or Haley. Martin's lawyer, William Massey, confirmed that his client had turned himself in. He and Mills' lawyer, Blake Ballin, said they planned to discuss the charges at a news conference later Thursday.
Nichols, a 29-year-old FedEx driver, was pulled over on January 7 by the Memphis police for what was initially reported as reckless driving.
That interaction led to a violent confrontation that put him in the hospital, where he would die three days later (January 10) due to 'extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating,' according to preliminary results of an autopsy commissioned by attorneys for his family.
He reportedly suffered cardiac arrest and kidney failure following the allegedly brutal interaction with the officers.
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This won’t be about black on black....I’d guess this will be about the badge, all cops evil, stop killing us rhetoric.
I find alternating slug/buckshot rounds is a good choice. First round buckshot.
Do they riot and loot in the cold?
This must be awful. It doesn’t seem the man was armed, no shots were fired by cops either. So he ran away from LE, eventually they caught him and they beat him enough he died from his injuries. 5 of them. Man, what the hell were they thinking? Memphis is rough I know, but this is bad.
Sometimes, but not usually. I expect some type of criminal behavior.
A “taste of the grape” would clear alot of this up .
I guess we will see.
Freegards
Expecting a high of 57, a low of 32. Clear and cool.
Adrenalin rush and the wolf pack reaction as the ‘old brain’ kicks into action. we are a pretty new species and much of brain actions are based normal animal reactions. Civilization is often a thin membrane easy to collapse with pressure.
Adrenalin rush and the wolf pack reaction as the ‘old brain’ kicks into action. we are a pretty new species and much of brain actions are based normal animal reactions. Civilization is often a thin membrane easy to collapse with pressure.
erious questions. Why was there a traffic stop? Why did this young man run away? Where the MPD already beating him?
Sounds like a sudden coincidence to me.
Sounds like a sudden coincidence to me.
If for some insane reason one goes into law enforcement today, you should make a visit to the Mexican part of town and get a new passport, birth certificate, state ID, and then obtain a pre loaded credit card or some Bitcoin.
When something like this happens, you better recognize it quickly. This happened on January 7th. A few nights after the incident, you go to the truck stop and put that cell phone on a westbound semi. Go to the airport and head south and don’t stop till you meet people speaking German in Tierra Del Fuego...go have a beer with Snowden, and stay. Grow a beard and quietly flip burgers in Oregon. Something.
But don’t stick around....
Reckless driving I heard
Wanna bet?
If someone in Memphis has a flat tire they bark racism. It's simple, they get free schit every time they cry racism so it's used often and liberally.
Memphis = Mogadishu on the Mississippi.
Anger management was totally missing on Jan. 7. Criminals find it impossible to turn off aggression.
Ahhh thx for the info. Warm enough for the goons to be out.
I could be wrong but the fact that all of these cops are black may mute the response some
Plus Tenneseee has indicated they will not standby for destruction
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