Here is a timeline of the medical response based on videos of the beating released by Memphis police and an account by the Memphis Fire Department.
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Meanwhile, officers have caught Nichols again at a second location. Over the next few minutes, officers brutally beat Nichols; several officers punch him and kick him in the head and he is hit with a baton.Article contentThe EMTs arrive at the first location where the traffic stop took place in a fire department vehicle, and are directed by police at the scene to the second location, the department said.
“He on something,” one of the officers says. “He cut in, he cutting through traffic, though oncoming traffic, everything.”Nichols slumps to his right and falls to the asphalt. An officer grabs Nichols by the arm and pulls him back into a sitting position. The two fire department EMTs arrive with bags, which they place on the ground; their driver remains in the vehicle, the department said.Article contentPersonnel on scene periodically tend to Nichols, although several minutes pass where no one is touching him and he is left unattended.
The EMTs appear to render some aid, although the view is obscured by officers gathering around or not visible as one officer covers his camera or turns it away. They also call for an ambulance to come.One of the medical technicians asks Nichols: “What’d you have? We’re trying to get you straight. What’d you have?” Nichols’ response is unintelligible.The requested ambulance arrives, according to the fire department account, about 17 minutes after officers stopped their beating of Nichols.
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