7 officers involved in Tyre Nichols' death relieved of duty, 3 Memphis FD members fired
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Source: ABC News
Two additional Memphis police officers, including the white officer seen encountering Tyre Nichols during his traffic stop, were relieved of duty and three Memphis Fire Department personnel were fired as the investigation into the Jan. 7 death of Nichols continues, officials announced Monday.
Officer Preston Hemphill and an unidentified officer were relieved of their duty a day after the incident, Memphis PD revealed Monday. The Memphis Fire Department also announced Monday that it fired two EMTs and a lieutenant who responded to the scene for failing to properly assess Nichols as he lay beaten on the ground.
Hemphill, who is white, allegedly deployed his Taser during the confrontation. In his own body camera video, Hemphill is seen chasing Nichols down the road, but then turns back to the scene of the initial traffic stop. Hemphill was heard on his body camera video saying twice, "I hope they stomp his a--." Hemphill and the unidentified seventh officer haven't been fired or charged, according to the Memphis PD.
"Officer Preston Hemphill and [the] other officer's actions and inactions have been and continue to be the subject of this investigation since its inception on January 8, 2023," the department said in a statement.
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Memphis police officer Preston Hemphill, a sixth officer involved in the Tyre Nichols traffic stop, has been relieved of duty during an ongoing investigation, according to Memphis police.
Another officer, who has not been publicly identified, was also relieved of their duty and is being investigated, Memphis PD said Monday.
Later Monday evening, the Memphis Fire Department announced it fired two EMTs who responded to the scene for failing to properly assess Nichols as he lay beaten on the ground. A Memphis FD lieutenant was also fired, the agency said.
Hemphill deployed his Taser during the confrontation. In his own body camera video, Hemphill is seen chasing Nichols down the road, but then turns back to the scene of the initial traffic stop.
Memphis police officer Preston Hemphill, a sixth officer involved in the Tyre Nichols traffic stop, has been relieved of duty during an ongoing investigation, according to Memphis police.
Hemphill deployed his Taser during the confrontation. In his own body camera video, Hemphill is seen chasing Nichols down the road, but then turns back to the scene of the initial traffic stop. Hemphill was heard on his body camera video saying twice, "I hope they stomp his a--."
Hemphill, who is white, has not been fired or charged. Hemphill "was relieved when the other officers were relieved," a Memphis police spokesperson said.
Five officers, who are all Black, were fired and charged with second-degree murder in connection with Nichols' beating at a Jan. 7 traffic stop. Nichols, 29, died three days later.
Hemphill, who is white, has not been fired or charged. Hemphill "was relieved when the other officers were relieved," a Memphis police spokesperson said.
Five officers, who are all Black, were fired and charged with second-degree murder in connection with Nichols' beating at a Jan. 7 traffic stop. Nichols, 29, died three days later.
Hemphill's attorney, Lee Gerald, said earlier that Hemphill was the third officer at Nichols' initial traffic stop. The first body camera footage released was from Hemphill.
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Five officers, who are all Black, were fired and charged with second-degree murder in connection with Nichols' beating at a Jan. 7 traffic stop. Nichols, 29, died three days later.
Hemphill, who is white, has not been fired or charged.
Hemphil's attorney, Lee Gerald, said earlier that Hemphill was the third officer at Nichols' initial traffic stop. The first body camera footage released was from Hemphill. "As per departmental regulations Officer Hemphill activated his bodycam," Gerald said earlier in a statement. "He was never present at the second scene. He is cooperating with officials in this investigation."
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55 years ago this year.
Now it is the National Civil Rights Museum -
(i.e., it will be forever "The city where Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated)
I was totally wrong. I had totally forgot that aspect of Memphis Tenn. 
I'm sorry. -Stuart G.
where black men, women, and children have either been shot to death or beaten to death by cops.
The pall of this overshadows the city's cultural history of the blues (and Beale Street) and its "sister city" relationship to and having been named after Egypt's "Memphis" (the ancient city outside of modern-day Cairo where the Pyramids are). Won't even bring up "Elvis". 
Have been to both places!
