Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Memphis Police Department

7th officer relieved of duty and 3 first responders fired after Tyre Nichols' death

Nichols, 29, was pulled over on Jan. 7 for what police said was reckless driving. After trying to flee on foot, Nichols was severely beaten by police. He died in a hospital days later.

WEKU

6th Memphis officer relieved of duty in Nichols arrest

A police spokeswoman says a sixth Memphis Police Department officer has been disciplined for his involvement in the brutal beating and arrest of Tyre Nichols

The Independent UK

Three more Memphis officials fired and 7th police officer suspended in wake of Tyre Nichols beating

Additional Memphis officials have been fired amid the fallout over Tyre Nichols’ death

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

What would have saved Tyre Nichols’ life?

All of the reforms that liberals suggest will save Black lives were present in Tyre’s death. So what works?

The Guardian - US

Tyre Nichols: ‘Elite’ police units in spotlight after brutal killing by Scorpion officers

Memphis Police Department has now disbanded ‘Scorpion’ unit after release of beating video

The Independent UK

Minnesota activists renew call for reform after Memphis police killing

MINNEAPOLIS — Local groups and activists renewed calls Saturday for police reform in Minnesota, reeling anew after seeing video released by the Memphis Police Department that showed officers tasing and beating a 29-year-old Black man to death.

Tribune News Service

Memphis disbands police unit after fatal beating as protesters take to streets

The specialized police unit that included the five Memphis officers charged with the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols was disbanded on Saturday as more protests took place in U.S. cities a day after harrowing video of the attack was released.

Reuters

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Tyre Nichols: ‘Scorpion’ unit disbanded as protests continue across the country over fatal Memphis police beating video

Five police officers have been charged with second-degree murder

The Independent UK

Tyre Nichols: Memphis police shut down ‘Scorpion’ unit day after fatal beating video released to public

MPD announced specialist team involved in arrest would be ‘permanently deactivated’

The Independent UK

Why Memphis' specialized police unit is under fire after Tyre Nichols' death

Civil rights leaders say the deadly assault escalates the need to reexamine these types of forces across the country.

Axios

Tyre Nichols video shocks legal experts

Friday evening, the Memphis Police Department released footage showing since-fired officers beating Tyre Nichols

Salon

City of Memphis releases footage of police fatally beating Tyre Nichols

Memphis has braced for the footage after warnings it shows officers beating Nichols.

Axios

After Tyre Nichols’ beating death, Memphis police ‘SCORPION Unit’ under fire

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In early 2022, as violent crime rose in Memphis, Mayor Jim Strickland set out his ideas for returning safety to the city.

Los Angeles Times

Tyre Nichols death: Five Memphis police officers arrested on charges of second degree murder

The Memphis Police Department fired the officers shortly after the incident

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Reason

5 Memphis Cops Charged With Murder of Tyre Nichols, Who Died After Traffic Stop Beating

Plus: Judge blocks California's COVID-19 censorship law, Cato's latest Human Freedom Index, and more...

Al Jazeera

What do we know about Tyre Nichols’s killing by Memphis police?

Five police officers have been charged with the murder of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols.

Evening Standard

Tyre Nichols: Five police officers charged with murder of man, 29, who died after traffic stop

Joe Biden has called for any protests to be peaceful after five former police officers were indicted on murder charges over the death of a black man in Memphis.

Evening Standard

Five US policemen charged with killing black father Tyre Nichols in Memphis

The 29-year-old was stopped by traffic police on January 10 before the fateful incident

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Axios

"They are all responsible": 5 ex-cops involved in Tyre Nichols’ arrest charged with murder, DA says

Attorneys for Nichols' family alleged he died after being beaten by officers during a traffic stop.

The Independent UK

Tyre Nichols death: Five Memphis police officers arrested on charges of second degree murder

The Memphis Police Department fired the officers shortly after the incident

The Independent UK

Chief: Officers actions in Tyre Nichols arrest 'inhumane"

The Memphis police chief has called the actions of five officers involved in the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols “heinous, reckless and inhumane” and made a plea to residents of the city to protest peacefully when video of the arrest is released

Axios

Memphis police chief says 5 officers "directly responsible" for "physical abuse" of Tyre Nichols

Nichols died days after a forceful encounter with officers during a traffic stop.

WEKU

Memphis police chief calls treatment of Tyre Nichols a 'failing of basic humanity'

Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis said five officers physically abused Tyre Nichols before his death. Nichols was pulled over by police on Jan. 7 and died three days later.

Axios

What we know about Tyre Nichols' death after Memphis police traffic stop

Attorneys for Nichols' family said video of the stop showed police "beating" him for three minutes.

The Independent UK

Officer fired over Tyre Nichols death was sued for beating prison inmate unconscious in 2016

Inmate claims corrections officers slammed him face first into sink and floor

1 2 3 4

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Department of Justice

872 stories

MPD

117 stories

Memphis Police Department

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

19 stories

SCORPION Unit

10 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.