MEMPHIS, Tenn.. (AP) A former Memphis police officer who hit Tyre Nichols with a stun gun during a traffic stop that preceded Nichols’ brutal beating by other officers won’t be charged criminally, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Nichols’ slaying was one in a string of violent encounters between police and Black people that have spurred […]
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Preston Hemphill, who fired a Taser at Mr. Nichols but did not participate in the brutal beating that led to his death, has repeatedly met with prosecutors in recent weeks.
A former Memphis police officer who hit Tyre Nichols with a stun gun during a traffic stop that preceded Nichols’ brutal beating by other officers won't be charged criminally, a prosecutor said on Tuesday. Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said his office did a thorough investigation of Preston Hemphill’s role in the arrest, reviewing hours of body camera footage and interviewing witnesses multiple times. Hemphill was fired Feb. 3 after an internal Memphis Police Department investigation showed he violated multiple department policies for his role in the Jan. 7 arrest of Nichols, who died in a hospital three days later.