A Memphis police officer photographed a bludgeoned and handcuffed Tyre Nichols and shared the image with five people including a female acquaintance in violation of police policy, media reported on Tuesday, citing a report sent to a police review board.
Officers punched and kicked Nichols as he was restrained by others, smacked him with a baton, doused him with pepper spray and fired a Taser stun gun at him following the traffic stop.
"On your personal cell phone, you took two photographs while standing in front of the obviously injured subject after he was handcuffed. In your Garrity statement, you admitted you shared the photo in a text message with five people; one civilian employee, two MPD officers, and one female acquaintance," city police said in the report sent to a police review board, according to an image of it published on by WREG on its website.
City Attorney Jennifer Sink told the city council she expected administrative charges to be issued against seven additional officers this week. She did not identify the officers, citing the investigation."A lot went wrong on January 7," Davis said. "This is a classic example of officers with a wolf-pack mentality, ego and other issues that mushroomed into a very tragic situation.
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