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Memphis City Council Chair JB Smiley said Tyre Nichols brother was pulled over in a pre-textual traffic stop. Banning pre-textual traffic stops was one of the city ordinances passed in the wake of Tyre Nichols death.

There was no “protect and serve.” Just an out of control and outside-the-bounds-of-their-authority attack on an unarmed Black man, said Sen. Seven Bradford (D-Gardena). 

The Memphis Police Department has terminated the five officers involved in Nichol’s death: Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith. Each one was indicted on a second-degree murder charge and faces up to 60 years in prison if convicted | By Charlene Muhammad California Black Media There was no “protect and serve.” Just an out of control and outside-the-bounds-of-their-authority attack on an unarmed Black man, said Sen. Seven Bradford (D-Gardena...