No criminal charges will be brought against a fired Memphis police officer after the death of Tyre Nichols, Shelby County DA says. Five other fired officers have been criminally charged with second-degree murder.
who was not named after being relieved of duty have not been charged in the investigation.
"By no means do we endorse the conduct of Officer Hemphill at that first traffic stop," he said."But we do not believe that criminal charges are appropriate."Mulroy said that officials reviewed hours of body camera footage and conducted multiple hours of interviews with Hemphill. Mulroy said that in reviewing and analyzing body camera footage, Hemphill was trying to deploy the stun gun"because he saw Nichols was not fleeing towards the neighborhood, but was in fact heading towards an open car door of a police cruiser."Mulroy said that his office consulted with the family and attorney Ben Crump, who said they were in support of the decision to not press charges.“We expect that it will confirm that Mr.
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