NEW: The 5 former officers charged with killing Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man brutally beaten during a traffic stop last month, all pleaded not guilty today during their first court appearance in Memphis.
Protesters march in Memphis last month over the killing of Tyre Nichols, who died Jan. 10, three days after being pulled over and beaten by Memphis police officers.Protesters march in Memphis last month over the killing of Tyre Nichols, who died Jan. 10, three days after being pulled over and beaten by Memphis police officers.
The five officers seen beating Nichols – all members of a specialized crime fighting team within the Memphis Police Department that has since been disbanded — were swiftly fired and then charged. A sixth officer who participated in the initial traffic stop but has not been criminally charged was also later fired.
Last week, the City Council preliminarily approved six ordinances to revamp the police department, including one that would restrict officers' ability to conduct routine traffic stops and another that would ban officers from making traffic stops while in unmarked cars like the ones officers used to stop Nichols. Among other measures, the council also voted to strengthen the civilian review board that investigates complaints of police abuse.
"You become so used to watching police violence in the city of Memphis," said L.J. Abraham, an organizer with the Tennessee-based Equity Alliance."But I don't think any of us ever expected to see someone as gentle and kind and nonviolent as Tyre be pulled out of his car and beaten to death. If that would happen to him, that could literally happen to anybody."
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