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Two former Memphis police officers to be charged with murder in the death of Tire Nichols
Por Shawn Nottingham
Former Memphis cops Taddarius Bean and Demetrius Haley. (Memphis Police Department)
Two former Memphis police officers, Taddarius Bean and Demetrius Haley, each face seven charges in the death of Tire Nichols.
Bean and Haley will be charged with manslaughter, aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, two counts of official misconduct and one count of official oppression, according to Shelby County criminal court records.
Trends Wide has reached out to lawyers for Bean and Haley about possible charges, but they have not yet responded.
The Shelby County District Attorney’s office called a 3 pm news conference (Miami time) to discuss developments in the Nichols case.
Memphis police urge citizens not to be violent before the publication of the video in the case of Tire Nichols
By Jason Hanna, Chris Boyette
Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis took office in June 2021. Credit: Jonathan Ernst/AFP/Getty Images
The Memphis police chief condemned the actions of the officers involved in the arrest of Tire Nichols earlier this month as “a basic lack of humanity” ahead of the impending release of video showing the incident.
“This is not just a professional failure. This is basic inhumanity towards another individual,” Chief Cerelyn Davis said in a YouTube video Wednesday, the first on-camera comments from her about the arrest that preceded Nichols’ death.
“This incident was egregious, reckless and inhumane, and in the sense of transparency, when the video is released in the next few days, you will see for yourself.”
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