Five former Memphis police officers have been federally indicted in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols in January.
A grand jury in Tennessee handed down a four-count indictment against Emmitt Martin III, 31, Tadarrius Bean, 24, Demetrius Haley, 30, Desmond Mills Jr., 33, and Justin Smith, 28, on Tuesday. Nichols died from injuries suffered during a traffic stop that led to the officers using force against him.The five officers were part of the Memphis Police Department's Scorpion team, a specialized crime unit deployed to deter violence in the city's most crime-ridden neighborhoods.
“Tyre Nichols should be alive today,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in a statement. “It is tragic to see a life cut short at 29, with so many milestones unmet, so many words unsaid, so much potential unfulfilled." The charges handed down on Tuesday are part of a criminal investigation and separate from the Justice Department's civil pattern or practice investigation into the Memphis Police Department.
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