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The Memphis Police Department announced on Monday it has suspended seven officers total thus far in connection with the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols. According to a department spokesman, via The New York Times, Preston Hemphill — the only officer named on Monday — was placed on administrative leave at …

The parents of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old man who died after being brutally beaten by Memphis police, will attend President Biden’s State of the Union address on Feb. 7, the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus announced. Brandon Tsay, who disarmed the Monterey Park gunman after he entered a second …

The footage released of Tyre Nichols’ fatal traffic stop on Jan. 7 — where Memphis police officers doused him with pepper spray and beat him while he cried out for his mother, leading to his death on Jan. 10 — showed the 29-year-old skateboarder and father had little recourse in …

When news broke on Saturday that the Memphis Police Department’s Scorpion Unit was disbanded, Amber Sherman, a community organizer in the city who has helped lead the demonstrations for Tyre Nichols, seemed unimpressed: “Yep. Now they need to answer all the demands.” The five police officers who fatally beat Tyre …

Memphis police doused Tyre Nichols with pepper spray, and brutally punched and kicked him as the 29-year-old cried out for his mother, video of the fatal beating on Friday revealed. The four videos [Warning: graphic images] the city released show the violent attack on Nichols following a traffic stop on …

Protests were underway around the nation on Friday night following the release of harrowing footage showing Memphis officers beating, tasing and pepper-spraying Tyre Nichols — brutality that led to the 29-year-old’s death three days later. Five officers were fired and have since been charged with second-degree murder in the case. …

When Tyre Nichols‘ mother remembered her son, she remembered a man who “loved sunsets” and had a passion for photography and skateboarding. She spoke during a press conference on Friday ahead of the video footage released later that afternoon showing Memphis Police fatally beating Nichols following a traffic stop on …

More than 30 years after footage of Rodney King’s brutal assault at the hands of LAPD shocked the country, his daughter watched video released on Friday of Tyre Nichols being fatally beaten by Memphis police. The similarities were heartbreaking. “It’s sickening. I don’t feel well. It’s not a good feeling. …

The Memphis police department announced on Saturday that it has “permanently deactivated” its specialized Scorpion Unit after five of its members were charged with second degree murder and kidnapping in the death of Tyre Nichols. The announcement came less than 24 hours after the department released video of Nichols’ violent …

The five Memphis police officers fired last week for their role in the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols were charged with murder Thursday. The five officers — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith — are facing charges of second-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated …