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Sixth Memphis police officer in Tyre Nichols case taken off force
Axios ^ | Ivana Saric

Posted on 01/30/2023 9:53:34 AM PST by Red Badger

A sixth Memphis Police Department officer has been relieved of duty in connection to the case of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man​ who died days after he was fatally beaten during a traffic stop earlier this month.

Driving the news: Preston Hemphill was relieved from the force as an investigation is ongoing, department spokesperson Christopher Williams confirmed Monday, days after the city of Memphis released harrowing footage of Nichols' arrest.

Background: Five fired Memphis police officers involved in Nichols' arrest were each charged last week with second degree murder​.

Former officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills, Jr. and Justin Smith, who are also Black men, were each also charged with aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression.

Hemphill had been hired in 2018, per Williams.

The big picture: The Department of Justice and the FBI Memphis Field Office are investigating whether Nichols' civil rights were violated by police.

While the Shelby County medical examiner's office has not released an official cause of death, attorneys representing Nichols' family revealed last week that preliminary findings from an independent autopsy revealed he "suffered extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating."

Following the release of the video footage, the Memphis Police Department announced that it had permanently disbanded the special unit Scorpion in the wake of the murder charges brought against five of its members.

Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis on Friday before the videos' release condemned the actions of the officers involved in Nichols' arrest, calling their behavior "unconscionable."

Davis said at the time two paramedics were also under investigation by the Memphis fire chief over their actions throughout the incident, as an assessment of the footage indicated that they delayed in giving medical care to Nichols.

Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional background.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; memphis; police; prestonhemphill
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To: Rich21IE
The black community will continue to make issue of police being their enemy....so they can use it to get away with the crimes they do commit. They will always play the victim role.

In this case it's pretty obvious these officers were bad officers......and what or who wired them up even before they pulled him over. Too many unanswered questions.

However Nichols was indeed beat and tortured to death - further left unattended far to long by those who should have acted quickly. Those officers should all pay for their crime.

21 posted on 01/30/2023 10:26:06 AM PST by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: Red Badger

Are we through with word ‘racist’ now?
It’s just ‘cops now, right?

BOB crime is prevalent everywhere.


22 posted on 01/30/2023 10:28:38 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

The Left is saying this was caused by White Supremacy................


23 posted on 01/30/2023 10:31:18 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Yo-Yo

Is that a Trany?


24 posted on 01/30/2023 10:33:40 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: 1Old Pro
The the chief and the mayor are ultimately responsible for hiring these 5 criminals.

Maybe so, but often more often than not there are hiring committees that make recommendations that force the administrators to hire these wretched hires..

25 posted on 01/30/2023 10:35:34 AM PST by EVO X ( )
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To: Red Badger

VIDEO OF PRESTIN

https://youtu.be/-vTgYgcEYOg


26 posted on 01/30/2023 10:37:40 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: TribalPrincess2U

https://nationalfile.com/democrat-reps-blame-tyre-nichols-killing-on-white-supremacy/


27 posted on 01/30/2023 10:39:09 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: packagingguy

I wondered if indeed that might have been the case, i.e., hiring people with criminal records to be cops. I know that’ happened in other Major Metro areas where they’ve run off the professional, well trained cops to get rid of the white cops.

Thanks for the information.

And yea, people are fleeing the cities in droves, (and have been since COVID). And of course the crime rates in the cities have sky-rocketed out of control. This can’t end well and I’ve attributed the Progressive Leftist support of the criminal element to their dedication to population reduction as espoused by the WEF.


28 posted on 01/30/2023 10:41:34 AM PST by Rich21IE
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To: immadashell

“They desperately needed to find a white guy to charge so the riots could start!”

That was my first thought as well. Tell me, where was this guy hiding since all of this broke in the news??????


29 posted on 01/30/2023 10:50:23 AM PST by kagnew
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To: Rich21IE

There are a few rumors floating around here in TN.
I repeat. Rumors.....

One was that Tyre was having an affair with the wife of one of the offending officers. It was a “payback” thing.

Some are saying gang affiliation ? Don’t quite get that one.


30 posted on 01/30/2023 11:03:10 AM PST by murrie (Mark Levin: Prosecuting stupidity nightly.)
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To: murrie

I repeat. Rumors

Thanks for doing your part ! /s


31 posted on 01/30/2023 11:04:56 AM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: Red Badger
The Memphis Police Department accurately reflects the ethics and morals of the city and county administration along with the majority of the population of Memphis. Memphis is irreversibly corrupt and deteriorating daily. If it was a utopia as the blacks and white apologists like to misrepresent, then why are the counties adjacent to Shelby County growing at a rapid rate from whites that have moved from Shelby County? Even Germantown and Collierville are suffering with the increased crime from minorities. Jackson, Tennessee, is showing the results of the blacks that have moved from Memphis.
32 posted on 01/30/2023 11:05:55 AM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: Red Badger

LOL, they realllly needed a white guy.


33 posted on 01/30/2023 11:08:09 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Rich21IE

If you ever watch Tim Pool on YouTube (he has a video blog and several employees, he was a reporter during the color revolutions in the Middle East) his show comes from West Virginia.

Originally he was from Philly but things got so crazy he left for West Virginia where every homeowner has a gun.


34 posted on 01/30/2023 11:14:00 AM PST by packagingguy
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To: EEGator

Federalized police force? will that be anything like the TSA?


35 posted on 01/30/2023 11:15:11 AM PST by shotgun
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To: 1Old Pro

I have observed that females do not make good police chiefs.

That one in Memphis shares the blame for this travesty.


36 posted on 01/30/2023 11:15:47 AM PST by miserare ( Impeach Joe Biden!)
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To: shotgun

Worse, as they would be armed. Same IQ and training though…


37 posted on 01/30/2023 11:18:44 AM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator

38 posted on 01/30/2023 11:26:12 AM PST by shotgun
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To: KeyLargo

My thoughts exactly.

My gaydar just went ~~~ ZING!


39 posted on 01/30/2023 11:27:17 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Donald Trump is a setting sun. Ron DeSantis is a rising star.)
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To: Yo-Yo

So....I’ve seen the pictures of the 4 or 5 black cops that actually did the beating, etc. Did they have to find a white cop that showed up on scene or something or did was he directly involved?


40 posted on 01/30/2023 11:28:45 AM PST by Gaffer
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