WATCH LIVE: The district attorney in Memphis, Tennessee is giving an update on the investigation into the death of Tyre Nichols.
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy is expected to hold a press conference Thursday afternoon and was expected to be joined by the FBI. Fired officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr.
and Justin Smith were all charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression, according to Shelby County Jail inmate records.were fired last week, but Memphis Police Director Cerelyn"CJ" Davis said other officers are still being investigated for violating department policy. Nichols was Black, as are the five officers involved in the arrest. From left, former Memphis police officers Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III, Justin Smith and Tadarrius Bean are seen in a combination of undated photographs. They were terminated after their involvement in a traffic stop that ended with the death of Tyre Nichols.Court records don't list attorneys for Smith, Bean or Haley. Martin's lawyer, William Massey, confirmed that his client had turned himself in. He and Mills' lawyer, Blake Ballin, said they planned to discuss the charges at a news conference later Thursday.Nichols' stepfather, Rodney Wells, told the AP by phone that he and his wife RowVaughn Wells, who is Nichols' mother, discussed the second-degree murder charges and are"fine with it." They had pushed for first-degree murder charges.He said he was"ecstatic" that authorities have moved quickly in the case. Video footage of the arrest has been shown to Nichols' family, but has not been made public, though local officials have pledged to release it this week or next week. Davis made a plea to residents of the city to protest peacefully when video of the arrest is released. "This is not just a professional failing. This is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual," Davis said in aBen Crump, the attorney representing Nichols' family, said police video the family viewed showed Nichols — a 29-year-old FedEx worker and father — was shocked, pepper-sprayed and restrained when he was pulled over for a traffic stop near his home. Nichols was returning home from a suburban park, where he had taken photos of the sunset. The legal team said officers beat Nichols for three minutes in a"savage" encounter reminiscent of the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King. A portrait of Tyre Nichols is displayed at a memorial service for him on Jan. 17, 2023, in Memphis, Tennessee. Nichols was killed following a traffic stop with Memphis Police on Jan. 7. He died three days later, on Jan. 10.
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