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The identity of the personnel or the reason for investigating was not disclosed. The announcement follows news from the Memphis Police Department that they fired the five officers involved in the fatal attempted arrest of Nichols.
The former Memphis police officer was one of five MPD officers who faced disciplinary action and later fired following a Saturday, Jan. 7, traffic stop that led to the death of Nichols, 29, three days later.
The investigation concluded they violated multiple department policies, including excessive use of force, duty to intervene and duty to render aid. Related story:
A definitive date has not been given, but the city said in a statement earlier this week that the footage would not be released until Nichols’ family meets with officials for a private viewing.
The United States Attorney’s Office, in coordination with the FBI Memphis Field Office and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, has opened a civil rights investigation into the death of Tyre Nichols.
“The challenge we have is that the city government does not control the courts,” Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said. “We don’t control the state laws. We don’t control, we can’t control, gun regulations and gun access.”
Prior to her 1996 appointment to the Tennessee Supreme Court, Justice Janice Holder was elected to Division II of the Circuit Court of Tennessee for the 30th Judicial District in Memphis in 1990.
The joint statement from Mayor Jim Strickland and Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis Tuesday, Jan. 17, came as the funeral of Tyre Nichols was underway. ‘Tyre was a man': Loved ones of Tyre Nichols demand transparency from MPDRelated story:
About 50 people, including family, friends and coworkers, attended the memorial service for Nichols at M.J. Edwards Funeral Home on the edge of Orange Mound. City pledges to release Nichols incident police body cam footage next weekRelated story:
Cassius Bryant, 22, is the second suspect charged in the death of the University of Memphis nursing student.
Tyre Nichols, 29, died days after being injured during an incident with Memphis police officers around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, near Raines and Ross roads.
While hundreds of inmates sat in jail for more than 500 days awaiting their day in court, and victims longed for closure, the Shelby County Criminal Court held a total of 35 trials in 2022.
Larry Thorn, a school secretary at A. Maceo Walker Middle School in Whitehaven, was found dead from a gunshot wound at about 7 a.m. Tuesday in the 1400 block of Gold Avenue.
A victim’s vehicle was taken in East Memphis by six male suspects posing as police officers.
The incident occurred around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, near Raines and Ross roads in southeast Memphis.
There were 302 homicides in Memphis in 2022, a 13% decrease from the record-breaking 347 homicides in 2021.
Vincent Patterson, 22, pleaded not guilty to charges related to the killing of Barshay Wilson.
The 22-year -old man told police that he and another person shot the University of Memphis nursing student and dumped his body, according to an affidavit.
“It’s hard for me to go to the grocery store or a restaurant or church without somebody approaching me, expressing concern about juvenile crime,” said Bill Gibbons, president of the Crime Commission. “People are upset about it in this community.”
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland called it “outrageous” that a person charged with first-degree murder would be so easily released from jail.
Here are the links to report outages, find shelter and get rides if you have to get out in the dangerous temperatures that aren’t expect to crack 20 degrees until late Saturday morning.
In the hour before MPD’s inclement weather policy was issued, police responded to 43 crashes. There were 23 crashes in the following hour, and 22 the next.
Since taking office Sept. 1, District Attorney Steve Mulroy has pushed criminal justice reforms with the formation of the Justice Review Unit and expansion of the office’s restorative justice program — and he’s not done yet.
“It is really important for us to take care of our Downtown space,” said Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis. “It is the face of the rest of the city.”
In an effort to retain and grow its number of officers, the Memphis Police Department has opened a recruitment center in Midtown and implemented retention bonuses and a new take-home vehicle program. But is it working?