Memphis police have departmentally charged an officer who allegedly used a taser on Tyre Nichols during a Jan. 7 traffic stop. Nichols died at a local hospital days later.
Former Memphis Police Officer James Kirkwood on the need for oversight after the police beating of Nicholsthat it has departmentally charged another officer after the Jan. 7 traffic stop which sent Tyre Nichols to a local hospital, where he died days later.
The Memphis Police Department said in a statement that officer Preston Hemphill is being terminated and has been departmentally charged with"multiple" violations of policy. A spokesperson for the MPD told Fox News Digital on Friday that Hemphill"was just terminated today." "On today's date, the Memphis Police Department reached an additional finding in the administrative investigation into the tragic death of Mr. Tyre Nichols. After a thorough review of the circumstances surrounding this incident, we determined that Officer Preston violated multiple department policies," the police department said in
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