Seventh memphis police officer whose name has not yet been released, was placed on leave the day after the arrest. nick valencia is outfront. i want to warn some of the video is disturbing. tonight, seven memphis police officers have now been relieved of duty in the tyre nichols investigation, including the officer wearing this body cam. he can be seen firing his taser following the initial traffic stop on january 7th. after nichols takes off running with other officers chasing him, hemphill is heard on his body camera saying stomp his ass. seen here, receiving a ticket for hours of skilled training from the memphis crisis intervention team was a member of the now disbanded scorpian
Sooner. and only one is publicly identified. nick valencia has more. reporter: seven memphis police officers have now been relieved of duty in the tyre nichols investigation including the officer wearing that body camera identified by memphis police as officer preston hemphill. he can be seen firing his taser at nichols following the initial traffic stop on january 7. after nichols takes off running with other officers chasing him, he hemphill is heard saying stop his ass. reporter: and he received a certificate for 40 hours of skilled training from the memphis crisis intervention team was also a member of the now disbanded scorpion unit, but he has not been charged like the five former officers now facing send degree murder. hemphill s lawyer says his client never went to the second scene where the beating occurred and that he is cooperating with the investigation. attorneys for nichols family