Officer in Tyre Nichols case beat inmate unconscious in 2016, lawsuit claims

VIDEO COULD BE RELEASED THIS WEEK OR NEXT ALSO NEW AT 4 RE GETTING MORE INSIGHT INTO THE HISTORY OF ONE OF THE FORMER MEMPHIS POLICE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE ARREST OF TERRY NICHOLS DEMETRIUS HALEY IS ONE OF 5 OFFICERS THEY’VE BEEN FIRED FROM THE DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING NICHOLS ARREST AND DEATH THIS AFTERNOON ANOTHER MAN CLAIMS HE WAS BEATEN BY HALEY TO SHAY ARTHUR IS LIVE WITH THAT INFORMATION SHARING YEAH THESE ALLEGATIONS COME FROM A LAWSUIT FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHERE A MAN CLAIMS THAT HE WAS BEATEN BY HALEY SO BAD HE PASSED OUT JUSTICE FOR BEFORE

THESE CHANCE JUSTICE BUT I NOW FORMER INMATE AT THE SHELBY COUNTY CORRECTION CENTER CLAIMS HE TOO WAS BEATEN BY THE SAME OFFICER NOW FIRED FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF TYREE NICHOLS THE CASE GOES BACK TO 2016 WHEN HE FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST DEMETRIUS HALEY WHO WORK TO THE CORRECTION CENTER THE HANDWRITTEN LAWSUIT CLAIMS OFFICERS CAME IN FOR A RANDOM SEARCH AFTER BELIEVING THEY SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE AREA THE MAN ALLEGED HE WAS STRIP SEARCHED IN A RESTROOM BY HALEY AND ANOTHER OFFICER WELL A SERGEANT SUPERVISED HE CLAIMS THE OFFICERS TOLD HIM HE TRIED TO

FLUSH CONTRABAND GOING ON TO SAY HALEY AND ANOTHER OFFICER PUNCHED HIM IN THE FACE AT ONE POINT SAYING THE OTHER OFFICER PICKED HIM UP AND SLAMMED

HIM FACE FIRST INTO A SINK THEN TO THE FLOOR AFTER THAT HE PASSED OUT WAKING UP IN A MEDICAL UNIT IN 2018 A JUDGE DISMISSED THE CASE CITING FAILURES BY THE PLAINTIFF NOT SUBMITTING NECESSARY INFORMATION WHEN REQUESTED ACCORDING TO MEMPHIS POLICE HALEY WAS HIRED IN AUGUST OF 2020 FOR NOW IT’S UNCLEAR WHAT HIS ROLE WAS IN THE INCIDENT EARLIER THIS MONTH THE TYREE NICHOLS IN THE HOSPITAL AND LATER DEAD

MPD ANNOUNCED HAYLEY HAD BEEN TERMINATED LAST WEEK AND ALEX APRIL WE HAVE REQUESTED HALEY’S FILES FROM WHEN HE WORKED FOR SHELBY COUNTY AS WELL AS THE CITY OF MEMPHIS RIGHT NOW WE ARE WAITING TO