DA: 5 Memphis cops ‘all responsible’ for Tyre Nichols’ death
D REASONS NOT TO BE AFRAID. LOCAL 4 NEWS STARTS NOW, WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M KAREN DREW THAT BREAKING NEWS COMES IN THE DEATH OF 29 YEAR OLD TYREE NICHOLS, WHO HAD CONFRONTATIONS WITH POLICE IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, AND THEN ENDED UP DEAD THREE DAYS LATER. NOW IN THE PAST HOUR, THE SHELBY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY TALKED ABOUT THE CHARGES AGAINST FIVE FORMER POLICE OFFICERS. A GRAND JURY RETURNED SEVERAL, INCLUDING SECOND DEGREE MURDER, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND A FEW ACCOUNTS OF OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT. THE OFFICERS HAD ALREADY BEEN FIRED . VIDEO FOOTAGE OF NICKELS ARRESTILL BE
RELEASED TOMORROW EVENING. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE VIDEO IS STUNNING. SIMPLY PUT THIS SHOULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED. I’VE BEEN POLICING FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. I’VE DEVOTED MY LIFE TO THIS PROFESSION. AND I’M GRIEVED. FRANKLY, I’M SHOCKED. I’M SICKENED BY WHAT I SAW. POLICE SAY NICHOLS WAS PULLED OVER ON JANUARY 7TH FOR RECKLESS DRIVING, HAD A CONFRONTATION WITH POLICE AND THEN RAN OFF. THEY FOUND HIM AGAIN AND HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY DING AVIENTRN THE VIDEO SAY HE WAS BEATEN AND TURNED INTO QUOTE A HUMAN PINATA . AN ATTORNEY FOR AT LEAST ONE OF THE OFFICERS IS EXPECTED
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