Crump: Personal connection between Nichols, police ‘untrue’
“All of the rumors that are circulating are bogus and untrue,” Attorney Ben Crump said of the report that the police officers had a connection to Tyre Nichols. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Attorney Ben Crump called rumors of any personal connection between Tyre Nichols and any of the officers charged in his death ‘bogus,’ noting similar reports manifested after the killings of George Floyd and Botham Jean.
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Tyre Nichols Ben Crump Memphis Police DepartmentSamuel Hardiman
Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He began his journalism career at the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he covered business and, later, K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on Elon Musk’s xAI, regional energy needs and how Memphis and Shelby County government spend taxpayer dollars.
Julia Baker
A lifelong Memphian, Julia Baker graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.
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