Tyre Nichols’ death inspires new county timeline for use of force investigations
The “Students and Teachers for Tyre” hold a protest in February. The County Commission delayed two votes on police-reform measures inspired by the death of Tyre Nichols. (Brad Vest/The Daily Memphian file)
County commissioners approved the “Tyre Nichols Transparency in Policing Policy” resolution, delayed votes on two other police-reform ordinances, and approved TikTok use limits for county employees.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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