fire department workers are fired as new details emerge from the deadly police beating of Tyre Nichols


A total of seven Memphis police officers were relieved of duty the day after Tyre Nichols was beaten by officers and hospitalized, police said Monday.

Five officers have since been fired, and two other officers are still subjects of an internal investigation.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.Officer Preston Hemphill “was relieved of duty with the other officers” involved in the January 7 encounter with Nichols, Memphis police Maj. Karen Rudolph said Monday.

Body cam footage reveals Hemphill fired a Taser at Nichols and saying, “One of them prongs hit the bastard.”Later, Hemphill says to another officer: “I hope they stomp his ass.

”Five other Memphis officers have been fired and face charges of second-degree murder in connection with the beating death of Nichols.Hemphill has not been charged. “He was never present at the second scene” that escalated to the beating, and Hemphill has been cooperating with the investigation, his attorney Lee Gerald said.

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