A prosecutor says a former Memphis police officer who hit Tyre Nichols with a stun gun during a traffic stop that preceded Nichols’ brutal beating by other officers won’t be charged criminally.
FILE - The screen at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans honors Tyre Nichols before an NBA basketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Washington Wizards, Jan. 28, 2023. The family of Tyre Nichols has sued the city of Memphis, Wednesday, April 19, and individual officers and emergency medical personnel involved in his case. with a stun gun during a traffic stop that preceded Nichols’ brutal beating by other officers won't be charged criminally, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
role in the arrest, reviewing hours of body camera footage and interviewing witnesses multiple times. Hemphill was fired Feb. 3 after an internal Memphis Police Department investigation showed he violated multiple department policies for his role in the Jan. 7 arrest of Nichols, who died in a hospital three days later.The officers who have been fired and charged are Black, as was Nichols. Hemphill is white.for what they said was a traffic violation and he fled the stop.
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