Breaking news: Five fired Memphis police officers jailed, charged in beating death of Tyre Nichols, ahead of release of body-camera video of arrest
The detention center’s website said Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills, Jr., Emmitt Martin III, Justin Smith and Tadarrius Bean were booked into custody as of midday. Each is being investigated in connection with the Jan. 10 death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being severely beaten following a traffic stop on Jan. 7.
The Department of Justice and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are conducting separate investigations into the arrest, and Memphis officials have said the body-camera footage will be released to the public soon. Nichols’s family said he suffered from Crohn’s disease and struggled to maintain body weight, hovering around 145 pounds for most of his adulthood. At least two of the officers involved in the deadly encounter — Martin and Mills — played college football; according to their booking information on the jail website, all weighed over 200 pounds.
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