It became national, even international news that five Memphis police officers grabbed, beat, punched, pepper sprayed and tased a black suspect, named Tyre Nichols, who later died at the hospital. When asked about the fact that the five police officers are also black, the new mayor of Los Angeles, a black female, said in an…
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Inhumanity in Memphis
Commentary No adjective is sufficient to describe the reaction one gets from watching five Memphis police officers beat 29-year-old Tyre Nichols to within an inch of his life. He later died of his injuries in a local hospital. “Inhumane” and “senseless” are as close as it comes. While Nichols was accused of “reckless driving,” it…
3 EMTs Fired After Video Released of Tyre Nichols’ Arrest
The Memphis Fire Department said it fired three employees following the release of video footage that showed the deadly arrest of Tyre Nichols and the immediate aftermath. Nichols, 29, died in hospital on Jan. 10, three days after his violent encounter with Memphis police officers when they tried to arrest him in a traffic stop gone…
LIVE 6:30 PM ET: NTD Evening News (Jan. 30): Trump Sues Journalist Bob Woodward for $49M; 6th Memphis Officer Off the Force in Tyre Nichols Case
Former President Trump filed a $49 million lawsuit on Jan. 30 against journalist Bob Woodward for releasing audio recordings of interviews Trump gave him in 2019 and 2020. A 6th Memphis officer has been taken off the force after the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols. It comes on the heels of a weekend of…
NTD Evening News (Jan. 30): Trump Sues Journalist Bob Woodward for $49 Million; 6th Memphis Officer Off the Force in Tyre Nichols Case
Former President Donald Trump filed a $49 million lawsuit on Jan. 30 against journalist Bob Woodward for releasing audio recordings of interviews Trump gave him in 2019 and 2020. A sixth Memphis officer has been taken off the force after the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols. It comes on the heels of a weekend…
6th Memphis Police Officer Connected to Tyre Nichols Case Relieved of Duty
A sixth Memphis police officer has been relieved of duty in connection to the assault and death investigation of Tyre Nichols, a Memphis Police Department (MPD) official announced on Monday. MPD Officer Preston Hemphill was suspended and is on administrative leave, said Memphis police spokeswoman Karen Rudolph. It is unclear what Hemphill’s role was in…
Beating Death Of Tyre Nichols May Renew Bipartisan Police Reform Talks In Congress
The Jan. 27 release of the videos of the brutal beating 20 days earlier of Tyre Nichols at the hands of five Memphis police officers has been met with strident and emotional condemnation from politicians across the ideological spectrum. It may also result in the renewal in Congress of bipartisan conversations to address the issue of…
Tyre Nichols’s Parents Accept Invitation to Attend State of the Union Address
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has invited the parents of Tyre Nichols, a man who died after being beaten by police, to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Feb. 7. Five African American police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, are accused of beating Nichols for an extended time. Video released by the Memphis…
Tyre Nichols’ Parents Accept Invitation to Attend State of the Union Address
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has invited the parents of Tyre Nichols, a man who died after being beaten by police, to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Feb. 7. Five African American police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, are accused of beating Nichols for an extended time. Video released by the Memphis…
Jim Jordan: No ‘Law’ Would Have Stopped Tyre Nichols’s Death
There may not have been “any law” to prevent the “evil” that occurred during the fatal beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). Speaking in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Jordan said that the new body camera footage of Memphis police officers pummeling Nichols was “difficult to watch”…
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