Police refused to remove Tyre Nichols’ handcuffs, which would have allowed EMTs to check his vital signs after he was brutally beaten
A former Memphis Fire Department emergency medical technician told a Tennessee board Friday that officers “impeded patient care” by refusing to remove Tyre Nichols’ handcuffs, which would have allowed EMTs to check his vital signs after he was brutally beaten by police.
The board determined that Long and Sandridge did not perform basic emergency medical examinations while Nichols was handcuffed on the ground and slumped against a squad car, documents obtained by The Associated Press showed. Nichols showed “clear signs of distress, such as the inability to remain in a seated posture and laying prone on the ground multiple times,” the documents showed.
The five officers who were seen on video beating Nichols have been fired and charged with second-degree murder. They have pleaded not guilty. Long said he repeatedly tried to place a monitor on Nichols to check his vital signs, including blood pressure, but Nichols would roll away. Long said he interpreted this movement as Nichols rejecting care and refusing co-operation.Long said he did not force the blood pressure cuff onto Nichols or hold him down in fear of being accused of assault.
Matt Gibbs, an Tennessee Department of Health lawyer, asked Long if a field sobriety test or a blood alcohol exam had been administered. Long said he was not aware if those were done.
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