A former Memphis police officer charged in the death of Tyre Nichols allegedly beat a jail inmate years earlier.
One of the formercharged in the death of Tyre Nichols was accused of participating in the beating of a jail inmate at the Shelby County jail years earlier.
The 2015 assault involving Demetrius Haley was so savage that 34 inmates, an entire cellblock, signed a letter to the corrections director. "We are truly asking that this matter gets looked into before someone gets hurt really bad or lose their life because of some unprofessional officers," the letter stated.Former Memphis Police officer Demetrius Haley in Memphis, Tenn. Years before Haley pulled Tyre Nichols from his car on Jan. 7, 2023 setting in motion a deadly confrontation, he was accused of taking part in the savage beating of an inmate at the Shelby County jail.
The letter asked how inmates are supposed to feel"safe and secure when the staff members at the Shelby County Correctional Center are assaulting and threatening us?"Fox News Digital has reached out to the county. The inmate who was injured, Cordarlrius Sledge, filed ain 2016 against Haley. It was dismissed because Sledge failed to file a grievance with the jail.
Haley worked for the Division of Corrections until hired by Memphis Police in 2020. The hiring came at a time when the department lowered its standards to fill vacancies. He previously applied to the department but was rejected. , along with ex- officers Tadarrius Bean, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith in Nichol's death.
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