Tyre Nichols died days after a traffic stop in Memphis. Attorneys for his family allege that video shows officers 'beating' him for 3 minutes. Now, the U.S. government is investigating whether his civil rights were violated.
that video from the traffic stop showed police officers "beating" Tyre Nichols for three minutes.that the U.S. Attorney’s Office, in coordination with the FBI Memphis Field Office and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, opened a civil rights investigation into Nichols' death.
Per police, as officers approached Nichols, "a confrontation occurred, and the suspect fled the scene on foot." Nichols was taken to hospital "in critical condition" after complaining of shortness of breath, according to police. He died on Jan. 10, according to attorneys for the Nichols family, Benjamin Crump and Antonio Romanucci.
"I said we have opened a criminal civil rights investigation. I told them this federal civil rights investigation will be thorough, it will be methodical, and it will continue until we gather all the relevant facts," Ritz said
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