Five Memphis police officers who had been involved in a traffic stop that ended with the death of a Black man were fired Friday
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The firings followed the death on Jan. 10 of Tyre Nichols, 29, who had been pulled over while driving three days previously, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported. Memphis police had said there was one confrontation during the initial stop, then Nichols ran away. He was later arrested after another confrontation, the newspaper said.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
“The egregious nature of this incident is not a reflection of the good work that our officers perform with integrity, every day,” Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis said in a statement.Rodney Wells, Nichols’ stepfather, has asked for the officers to be charged with murder, the newspaper said.
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