Tyre Nichols death: Former Memphis police officers charged with second-degree murder
Last week, the five officers — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith — involved in Nichols’s Jan. 7 arrest were terminated.
The five Black Memphis Police officers fired in the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died three days after a traffic stop earlier this month, were behind bars on Thursday.
Last week, the five officers — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith — involved in Nichols’s Jan. 7 arrest were terminated.
They were booked at the Shelby County Jail in Memphis and were each charged with second-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, “aggravated assault — acting in concert,” official misconduct and official oppression, according to online records from the sheriff’s office.
During a press conference on Thursday, Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said authorities met with Nichols’s family to discuss the charges filed against the officers beforehand and he believes the meeting went well.
“While each of the five individuals played a different role in the incident in question. The actions of all of them resulted in the death of Tyre Nichols and they are all responsible,” Mulroy said, adding the body camera footage would be released Friday after 6 p.m. local time.