NEW: The Memphis Fire Department has fired two EMTs and a lieutenant over their actions the night Tyre Nichols was beaten, officials say.
encountering Tyre Nichols during his traffic stop
The Memphis Fire Department also announced Monday that it fired two EMTs and a lieutenant who responded to the scene for failing to properly assess Nichols as he lay beaten on the ground. Hemphill's attorney, Lee Gerald, said earlier that Hemphill was the third officer at Nichols' initial traffic stop. The first body camera footage released Friday was from Hemphill's device.
The department said the EMTs requested another ambulance to respond after their "initial interaction with Mr. Nichols," and the additional ambulance didn't arrive on the scene until 8:55 p.m. "Their actions or inactions on the scene that night do not meet the expectations of the Memphis Fire Department and are not reflective of the outstanding service the men and women of the Memphis Fire Department provide daily in our community," Memphis FD said in a statement.on Friday night that he thinks "everyone [who] was active in the whole scene ... should be charged.
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