The suspensions of Deputy Jeremy Watkins and Deputy Johntavious Bowers, who were at the scene of Nichols beating by Memphis police, became effective on Wednesday.
(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) A local sheriff's office in Tennessee has suspended two patrol deputies in connection with the death of 29-year-old Memphis resident Tyre Nichols. The Shelby County Sheriff's Office announced in a press release Wednesday that Johntavious Bowers and Jeremy Watkins, who have been deputies since June 2021, were suspended without pay for five
As a result of investigations into the police beating of Tyre Nichols, three Memphis EMTs were fired and are appealing their terminations, and another two deputies were suspended.