2 other Memphis officers were relieved of duty, and 3 fire department workers are fired
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Source: CNN
Earlier, police named Officer Preston Hemphill as one of the officers who remains on administrative leave.
Also, three Memphis Fire Department personnel who responded to the beating have been fired, the department said Monday.
Fallout from the deadly police beating of Tyre Nichols now includes a sixth Memphis officer removed from duties, demands for more criminal charges against officers and calls for nationwide police reform.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/30/us/tyre-nichols-protests-monday/index.html
nitpicked
(264 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)Firemen were Fired?
halfulglas
(1,654 posts)By the police. The firemen are probably paramedics who insulted him, said he got what he deserved and okayed him to be taken to jail instead of directly to the hospital.
Cha
(297,196 posts)might be because they didn't help Tyre Nichols.
Emile
(22,717 posts)Dupe
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