4 ex-officers in Tyre Nichols case barred from police work -
The Peace Officer Standards & Training Commission, or P.O.S.T., voted to decertify Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin and Justin Smith during a meeting Friday morning. It also approved the decision by Desmond Mills to surrender his certification.The Memphis Police Department has requested the decertification of seven former Memphis officers, including one who retired before he could be fired.“It’s a waste of time,” attorney Blake Ballin said. “It is meaningless to him at this stage in his life.
Neither the fired officers nor their attorneys showed up for a hearing Thursday in their cases in front of the panel. They were also not present for Friday’s vote. Five of the seven fired officers have been charged with second-degree murder in Nichols’ death Jan. 10 following a traffic stop on Jan. 7. They have pleaded not guilty.
The fifth former officer charged, Tadarrius Bean, has not yet had his decertification hearing in front of the commission. Neither have two former officers who were not charged: Preston Hemphill, who was terminated after firing a stun gun at Nichols during the traffic stop; and Dewayne Smith, the supervising lieutenant who arrived on scene after the beating, who retired instead of being fired.
Body cameras of some of the five officers charged in Nichols’ death recorded them beating him, propping the badly injured man in handcuffs against an unmarked police car and ignoring him as he struggles to stay upright.
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