Tyre Nichols' family sues Memphis, police for $550M
Lawyers for Nichols' mother have filed a $550 million lawsuit against Memphis, the city's police and its now-disbanded SCORPION Unit.
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Lawyers for Nichols' mother have filed a $550 million lawsuit against Memphis, the city's police and its now-disbanded SCORPION Unit.
Lt. DeWayne Smith was believed to be the highest-ranking officer on the scene, according to a statement from Nichols’ family’s lawyers.
(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- A high-ranking Memphis, Tennessee police officer on duty at the scene of the beating that would end Tyre Nichols life, retired one day before he was expected to be fired, according to Memphis City Council Vice Chairman JB Smiley, Jr. "We're accountable to the people who pay taxes," Smiley told ABC News.
Amphotora/Getty Images(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- A high-ranking Memphis, Tennessee police officer on duty at the scene of the beating that would end Tyre Nichols life,
Last week as I absorbed the news of Tyre Nichols' murder by police officers in Memphis, two things stood out, playing over and over in my mind. The first was the part in the video--that long, horrible video--in which Tyre screams for his mother. "Mom! Mom! Mom!" he cries from the ground not far from home.