A gunman nearly unloaded a semiautomatic weapon at a busy supermarket Saturday during a public gathering for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, wounding the Democrat and killing Arizona’s chief federal judge and five others in an attempted assassination.
Officer Preston Hemphill was relieved of duty shortly after the Jan. 7 arrest of Tyre Nichols, who died three days later at a hospital.
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Cities nationwide have braced for protests after body camera footage was released Friday showing Memphis officers beating 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, who died of his injuries three days after the Jan. 7 attack.
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“It is in the best interest of all to permanently deactivate the Scorpion unit,” Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis said in a statement.
The nation and the city of Memphis struggled to come to grips Saturday with video showing police pummeling Tyre Nichols.
Authorities say a man accused of torturing a woman he held captive in Oregon and who was convicted in Nevada in a similar case is using dating apps to find people who can help him avoid the police.
Attorney Ben Crump on Friday drew parallels between the deaths of Tyre Nichols, beaten by police in Memphis, and Byron Williams, who died in Las Vegas police custody in 2019.
The recordings shows police savagely beating the 29-year-old FedEx worker for three minutes while screaming profanities. The Nichols family legal team has likened the assault to the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King.
