Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old African-American Memphis citizen, died of injuries on January 10, 2023, three days after being arrested for alleged reckless driving by the Memphis Police Department.
Five police officers have been fired as a result of their involvement in Nichols’ death. They are accused of breaking the use-of-force policy of the police agency. According to preliminary findings from the independent autopsy, He was badly battered and injured before dying.
Nichols complained of shortness of breath
Nichols was hospitalized and died three days after being pulled over by Memphis Police Department officers for careless driving. He fled on foot but was apprehended; three days later, on January 10th, he died of unidentified injuries says sources.
According to police, Nichols was transported to the hospital after complaining of shortness of breath. According to reports, a violent confrontation resulted in a broken neck and cardiac arrest. The family provided a photo of him with a swollen eye and blood on his face.
Tyre Nichols suffered extensive bleeding
Memphis officials have yet to issue an official statement regarding the cause of Nichols’ death, but the family’s attorneys, Benjamin Crump and Antonio Romanucci have stated that an independent autopsy revealed that the 29-year-old died as a result of substantial bleeding caused by a violent assault.
The autopsy was conducted by a nationally recognized forensic pathologist, who discovered that Nichols’ injuries and beatings were consistent with what his family and attorney saw in the bodycam film.
More autopsy findings and details will be disclosed later.
Tyre Nicholas’s body cam footage was described as “troublesome on every level” by his family lawyer, Benjamin Crump, according to the Associated Press.
Tyre Nichols’ bodycam film of the entire incident was described as “troublesome on every level” during a news conference on January 23 by Nichols’ family’s lawyers, Benjamin Crump and Antonio Romanucci.
According to the Associated Press, Crump further said “It is appalling. It is deplorable. It is heinous”
Bodycam footage and the full report’s findings will be made public soon.
Nichols’s family members, in an interview, said that “they are angry, they are hurt, they are distraught, and want the officers involved to be charged with murder”.
The Memphis Police Department has not revealed any further details regarding what occurred. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigations and the United States Justice Department are looking into Tyre Nichols’ case.
