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Memphis Police Department has stopped their request to rescind the decertification of a former MPD lieutenant.

Former Memphis Police officers are facing decertification after the death of Tyre Nichols.

Former Memphis Police officers are facing decertification after the death of Tyre Nichols.

A Memphis police lieutenant on duty at the scene of the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols retired with benefits before he was expected to be fired, city officials said.

Decertification would prevent the officers from working in law enforcement in Tennessee.

Four of the Memphis police officers charged with second-degree murder in Mr. Nichols’s death should never again work in law enforcement in the state, an oversight agency says.

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The Memphis police supervisor on the scene when Tyre Nichols was beaten to death by officers retired with his full benefits intact the day before a hearing to fire him,

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The Memphis officer was allowed to retire with his pension and other benefits a day before a hearing to fire him.