There are 255 article(s) tagged Tyre Nichols:

• January 2023

  • U.S. Attorney’s Office launches investigation into Tyre Nichols’ death

    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.

    By Julia Baker January 20, 2023

  • City pledges to release Nichols incident police body cam footage next week

    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. 

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    ‘Tyre was a man': Loved ones of Tyre Nichols demand transparency from MPD

    By Julia Baker, Bill Dries January 18, 2023

  • Tyre Nichols remembered: He ‘always had a smile on his face’

    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. 

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    City pledges to release Nichols incident police body cam footage next week

    By Julia Baker January 18, 2023

  • ‘Tyre was a man': Loved ones of Tyre Nichols demand transparency from MPD

    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.

    By Julia Baker January 17, 2023

  • MPD officers under investigation following man’s traffic stop death

    Tyre D. Nichols, 29, was injured following a confrontation with officers around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, near Raines and Ross roads in southeast Memphis.

    By Alicia Davidson, Jasmine McCraven January 15, 2023