The officer who pulled Tyre Nichols from his car before police fatally beat him never explained why he was being stopped, newly released documents show.
The Memphis Police Department blasted Demetrius Haley and four other officers as “blatantly unprofessional” and asked that they be stripped of the ability to work as police for their role in
Erica Williams, a spokeswoman for the top prosecutor in Memphis, said more charges could still be filed.A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses the same officers now charged with murderingwith also violating the rights of another man from the same neighborhood as Nichols during a similarly violent arrest three days before Nichols' arrest.
Photos of Harris’ face taken after his release on bail about nine days later show thick scabs on his forehead and a healing black eye. Her aunt recorded the encounter. Then police stopped her aunt and brother while they followed a squad car as it took Townes to a hospital. Townes said she was never charged with anything.
“You never told the driver the purpose of the vehicle stop or that he was under arrest,” the documents state. In a letter from Smith included in his file, he defended his conduct, stating that Nichols was “violent and would not comply.”
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