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Photographer Patrick Lantrip captured some of those attending Tyre Nichols’ funeral including Tristan Strickland, who drove all the way from Michigan to pay his respects.
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February 2023
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Jackson: In the wake of Tyre Nichols’ death, Memphis needs prayer
“This is perhaps one of the most horrific and difficult periods locally in our recent history.”
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Justice Department and Police Chiefs Association to review Memphis Police Department
The review of the department will include a look at special police units and use-of-force policies. It is the second MPD review by the Justice Department in six years. A 2016 review was cut short by the Trump administration.
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Memphis Police officer Preston Hemphill fired
Hemphill is the sixth MPD officer to be fired for violating police policies in the Jan. 7 death of Tyre Nichols.
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State board suspends 2 of 3 fired EMTs over failure to help Tyre Nichols
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State board suspends 2 of 3 fired EMTs over failure to help Tyre Nichols
The Tennessee Emergency Medical Services Board voted unanimously Friday, Feb. 3, to suspend the licenses of former Memphis Fire Department EMTs JaMichael Sandridge and Robert Long, effective immediately.
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Sanford: Service for Tyre Nichols drives home need for meaningful police reform
During the Tyre Nichols funeral, the forceful messages from the pulpit and soul-stirring music from the choir celebrated Nichols’ life, but the service also became a spark for a renewed call for police reform — locally and nationally.
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Conaway: I am horrified by — and proud of — my city
“There is both urgency and conviction here in what to do about the killing of Tyre Nichols, in what to do about police brutality, and it has national implications. We’re doing it. We must do it. And in memory of your gentle soul, Mr. Nichols, we must continue.”
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Students join rapper NLE Choppa ‘to skate for Tyre’
“I was just trying to turn a negative into a positive. That’s my main goal today.”
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Sanford: Family of Tyre Nichols deserves justice for a fun-loving son
Memphians, who already feel beleaguered by violent crime that at times seems out of control, must now come to grips with the fact that elements within the police department — however small — are partakers of criminal violence themselves.
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Memphis City Council, Mayor Strickland weigh sweeping police reforms
On The Daily Memphian’s “On The Record” podcast, Michalyn Easter-Thomas talks about trying out a ban on traffic stops by police for certain offenses. Other council members want a department-wide review.
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Local faith leaders offer their colleagues ‘A Time to Mourn’
The women who formed a grief group last summer are organizing “A Time to Mourn” — a special service of grief and lament at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 17 in the Church Health Community Room in Crosstown Concourse.
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MPD response after Nichols’ death surprised expert, but challenges remain
It took five years — five years — for New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo to be fired after Eric Garner’s death in 2014. In Memphis, in 2023, it took 13 days for five officers to be fired for their roles in Tyre Nichols’ death.
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Tyre Nichols marched to the beat of his own drum
Tyre Nichols was a skateboarder. He was a photographer, and he also loved sunsets — especially at Shelby Farms Park.
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Nichols’ friends say his spirit will change conversation about policing
City to release full audio and video footage in Nichols case
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Rev. Al Sharpton: ‘We will continue in Tyre’s name’ to MLK’s mountaintop
Sharpton will eulogize Nichols at his funeral at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church Wednesday, Feb. 1. White House officials, including Vice President Kamala Harris, are set to attend.
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Mourners gather for Tyre Nichols’ funeral
The Mississippi Boulevard Celebration Choir sang the popular gospel worship song, “You Are My Strength,” as Nichols' family, the Rev. Al Sharpton and family attorney Ben Crump listened with the church full of grievers.
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Nichols’ friends say his spirit will change conversation about policing
City to release full audio and video footage in Nichols case
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Tyre Nichols’ friends say his spirit will change the conversation about policing
Tyre was friends with many people, but he found plenty of respite in solitude, too, with his camera and skateboard.
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Funeral services for Tyre Nichols still set for Wednesday, time delayed
Rev. Al Sharpton will give Tyre Nichols’ eulogy.
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January 2023
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City to release full audio and video footage in Nichols case
The City of Memphis is preparing to release the full audio and video footage of Tyre Nichols’ fatal encounter with police once its administrative investigation is completed in the next few weeks.
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Four of five officers fired after Tyre Nichols’ death had previous infractions
An analysis of the personnel records of the five officers included mainly procedural violations, car accidents and accidental damage of department equipment for four of the officers.
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Suspended MPD Officer Hemphill was part of SCORPION unit
Preston Hemphill, one of two MPD officers suspended in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols in addition to five officers who have been fired, was a member of the now-disbanded SCORPION unit, court records show.
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Seventh MPD officer relieved of duty as more personnel actions are ‘imminent'
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VP Harris to attend Tyre Nichols’ funeral
President Joe Biden told the family last week he would make passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act in Congress a priority.
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Tyre Nichols case spotlights MPD transparency issues
The initial information released by police in the Tyre Nichols case differed significantly in some respects from what was shown on video footage released to the public last week.
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Seventh MPD officer relieved of duty as more personnel actions are ‘imminent’
A seventh Memphis Police officer under investigation and off the job is not identified. But police brass say he and officer Preston Hemphill have been relieved of duty since the day after Tyre Nichols was beaten by police in southeast Memphis.
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Nichols protesters gather at Shelby Farms, pray in Brandywine subdivision
Leaders of the sunset protest demanded the names of every officer involved in Nichols’ death and that they all be charged. Meanwhile, the parents of Nichols were among a smaller group that gathered Monday evening in the Brandywine subdivision where Nichols was beaten by police the night they stopped him.
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Three Memphis firefighters fired in Nichols probe
Three Memphis firefighters have been fired for violating “numerous” department protocols in the treatment of Tyre Nichols, the Memphis Fire Department announced.
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