When Tyre's murderers were shouting impossible orders, they were creating an audio trail

[pnwmom]

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to back up their claims that he had been resisting.

They had already either TURNED OFF or REMOVED their body cameras, so they were counting on their not being a video record.

They weren't counting on the civilian hero who recorded at least part of the attack, or the street camera that also produced footage.

https://wreg.com/news/local/tyre-nichols/officer-allegedly-texted-photo-of-tyre-nichols-to-others/

The documents state . . . that Smith and Haley did not turn their body cameras on and Martin, Bean, and Mills took their body cameras off and placed them on nearby cars.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/us/tyre-nichols-photo-memphis-demetrius-haley.html

Police officials also said in the documents that a civilian had witnessed at least part of the encounter and had recorded the officers with a cellphone. The witness’s opinion of the incident, according to the documents, was that officers had “left the injured subject lying on the ground, handcuffed and unattended.”

[Irish_Dem]

1. Sounds pre-meditated to me.

[pnwmom]

2. Me, too. And how many other times had they done something like this? nt

[Irish_Dem]

4. Zero percent chance this is the first time to beat up, torture, assault someone.

It was too well orchestrated and planned in advance.
The 911 team knew to hold back.

Trophy pictures sent afterwards.
They loved doing this and were proud of themselves.

[2naSalit]

8. +1

[exboyfil]

9. The DoJ should look at all of the Scorpion Squad

interactions with the public. Any cop that turned his camera off or wasn't wearing it should go on the Brady list as a minimum (should be fired if possible).

[Irish_Dem]

14. All interactions need to be examined now.

Unlikely this was the first assault.

[SoCalDavidS]

3. Yet Not To Prosecutors

Who only charged with 2nd Degree.

Should have been 1st Degree.

[exboyfil]

7. Still can be

This is getting towards 1st degree. There definitely is a motive still to be revealed. They need to have automatic suspensions for failure to activate cameras at a minimum. In this case it had to be premeditated.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Could this young man have been targeted in advance?

There needs to be an independent investigation to determine
if any of these LE officers knew Tyre before the incident.

Or perhaps they were on the hunt at the beginning of the shift for an innocent victim.

[exboyfil]

11. Seems that way

No dash cam of the initial stop. Only "evidence" is the word of compromised individuals. Why did the cop with the Taser think it was a felony stop - he still had his camera on so I wonder if he didn't just roll up to the scene and wasn't part of the premeditation.

[Irish_Dem]

12. No dash cam on initial stop suggests planned in advance.

Either specific or random victim.

[grumpyduck]

13. There was something here on DU last week

that a connection had been found between Tyre and the ex-wife or girl friend of one of the cops. I don't know if anyone has followed up on that.

[Irish_Dem]

15. A possible motive right there.

So Tyre was possibly targeted ahead of time, followed and murdered.

The fact it was so public means the squad was teaching others a lesson.

[exboyfil]

16. That has been denied by Tyre's family

Still maybe they didn't know either. It can be a problem in the civil suit against the city if they weren't acting as officers (systemic problem with the police force) but motivated by revenge/teaching him a lesson. The Civil Rights Lawyer explains it pretty well in the case of a prisoner getting punched by a LEO while in the station. It is best for the family in seeking a judgment for this to be SOP for these cops.

[Faux pas]

6. Kickin' with Disgust