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Scott Olson/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — The medical examiner’s official autopsy report for Tyre Nichols showed he “died of brain injuries from blunt force trauma,” the district attorney’s office told Nichols’ family Tuesday. While Nichols’ mother has said that first responders told her her son was drunk and high, the report shows that his blood alcohol […]
Getty Images/Mykola Romanovskyy (MEMPHIS) — The release of additional footage in the Tyre Nichols case has been delayed due to a court order, Memphis officials said. About 20 more hours of police video and audio were initially slated to be released Wednesday, City of Memphis Chief Legal Officer Jennifer Sink said during a city council […]
Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — About 20 more hours of police video and audio in the Tyre Nichols case will be released Wednesday afternoon, according to City of Memphis Chief Legal Officer Jennifer Sink. The release comes after a seventh officer who was involved in the Jan. 7 incident was fired […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Tyre Nichols’ mother vowed to attend every court date for the five former Memphis police officers accused of murder in connection to the traffic stop beating of her son at a press conference Friday as the officers pleaded not guilty in their first court appearance. “I want each and […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — All five former Memphis police officers accused of murder in connection to the traffic stop beating of Tyre Nichols entered not guilty pleas on Friday morning. Nichols’ parents and their attorney, Ben Crump, were in the courtroom. The former officers are set to return to court on May 1. […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Five former Memphis police officers accused of murder in connection to the traffic stop beating of Tyre Nichols are due in court for a bond arraignment Friday morning. The five officers — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith — were fired and […]
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — First lady Jill Biden on Tuesday will sit during the State of the Union with the Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S., the parents of Tyre Nichols and the man who last month wrestled the gun away from a shooting suspect in Monterey Park, California. Many of the guests present in […]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Tyre Nichols’ family will gather in Memphis, Tennessee, on Wednesday for his funeral, weeks after the 29-year-old died following a violent encounter with Memphis police officers caught on body camera. The graphic footage of Nichols’ traffic stop and beating was released to the public on Friday and sparked nationwide […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Nearly three weeks after Tyre Nichols was violently arrested in Memphis, Tennessee, city officials released disturbing footage of his fatal confrontation with police. The graphic footage of Memphis police officers beating the 29-year-old following a traffic stop was released Friday “because it was important to the community and to […]
Deandre Nichols/Facebook (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Tyre Nichols, the man who died this month after an alleged beating by five police officers, was “damn near perfect,” his mother RowVaughn Wells said at a press conference on Monday. The 29-year-old Nichols had been living in Memphis, Tennessee, with his parents since the pandemic, according to his mother. […]
