There are now six officers fired from the police in Memphis, Tennessee in the framework of the investigation for the assault on the young African-American Tyre Nichols during an arrest for a traffic violationannounced this Friday the authorities through a release.
The official Preston Hemphill he had been suspended from his duties following the incident; however, he was now fired when it was determined that he had incurred in “multiple violations” of the policies of the Police department.
From left to right on the top row, Officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, and from left on the bottom row, Desmond Mills, Jr. and Justin Smith, are the five officers arrested.
It should be remembered that the video of his arrest was released twenty days later, it shows how they arrested the young manThey took him out of his vehicle at force and they assaulted him, giving him kicks in the headhitting him with a club and even using a teaser, an electric shock stun gun, to immobilize him. When finished, they dragged tire to the car patrolthey sat him on the ground and made a sign of celebration to the bump fists.
the brutal beating caused his death three days later, reliving demonstrations and that members of the Congress make claims for a culture change in the United States police by using the excessive force against the black community.
