BREAKING: Two Memphis Fire Department emergency medical workers and a driver have been fired in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols.
Memphis Police Department officers used a stun gun, a baton and their fists as they pummeled Nichols during the nighttime arrest. Footage shows Nichols running away from officers toward his house after he was pulled over on suspicion of reckless driving.
Lawyers for the Nichols family, questioned Monday why the department did not disclose Hemphill’s discipline earlier and why he has not been fired or charged. “When officers are working, you should have at least one supervisor for every group or squad of people,” David said. “Not just somebody who’s at the office doing the paperwork, somebody who’s actually embedded in that unit.”Calls for more officers to be fired or charged have been loud and persistent from the Nichols family, their lawyers, and community activists who have peacefully protested in Memphis since the video was released.
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