The Memphis Police Department says a seventh officer was relieved of duty in the aftermath of Tyre Nichols' violent encounter with police.
Editor’s Note: This article contains graphic videos and descriptions of violence. [Breaking news update, published at 6:26 p.m. ET] Earlier, police named Officer Preston Hemphill as one of the officers who remains on administrative leave. Also, three Memphis Fire Department personnel who responded to the beating have been fired, the department said Monday. [Previous story, published at 5:55 p.m.
unit tied to deadly beating gets axed The five fired officers charged in Nichols’ beating were members of the now-scrapped unit, a source familiar with his assignment confirmed to CNN. The unit, launched in 2021, put officers into areas where police were tracking upticks in violent crime. “That reprehensible conduct we saw in that video, we think this was part of the culture of the
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