as it relates to that, and i will turn it over to d.a. mulroy, and did i mention that we will take questions after, but they will be we have a really limited amount of time. so, thank you. thank you. good afternoon, everybody. thank you for coming. i m joined today as ms. williams has already said with the director of the tennessee bureau of investigation, david rausch as well as assistant director josh milton. i m also joined by other members of my staff, including earnest brooks, ray lupone, and also most relevant for today, the trial team in the tyre nichols case including paul hagerman and tanisha johnson. we re here today because of a tragedy that wounds one family deeply, but also hurts us all, the death of tyre nichols. we understand and acknowledge the grief that the friends and family of tyre nichols are experiencing right now as well as the great concern throughout all of memphis and shelby county about this case. we met several times this week with the family o
that we can answer. so we ask for your understanding as it relates to that. and i will turn it over to d.a. mulroy and did i mention that we will take questions after, but they will be, we have a really limited amount of time. so thank you. thank you, erica. good afternoon, everybody, thank you for coming. i m joined today, as ms. williams has already said, with the director of the tennessee bureau of investigation, david rauche, as well as assistant director josh melton, i m also joined by other members of my staff, including mr. brooks, but also most relevant for today, the trial team in the tyre nichols case including paul haggerman and tenisha johnson, another member of the trial team is unavailable. we re here today because of a tragedy that wounds one family deeply, but also hurts us all. the death of tyre nichols. we understand and acknowledge the grief that the friends and family of tyre nichols are experiencing right now, as well as the great concern throughout all
tragedy. i m hopeful that we can show them who i know us to be, a community working towards positive change here in memphis and shelby county. with that, let me ask director rausch to step forward. thank you, d.a. mulroy. good afternoon. i m david rausch, director of the tennessee bureau of investigation. first and foremost and most importantly, on behalf of the tennessee bureau of investigation, i want to extend my deepest condolences to the family and friends of tyre nichols. my prayer is that god will wrap his comforting arms around you and keep you during this very difficult time. we can t imagine the pain you re experiencing, but let me reaffirm, we are here to pursue truth and justice, realizing
tragedy. i m hopeful that we can show them who i know us to be, a community working towards positive change here in memphis, and shelby county. with that, let me ask director rauch to step forward. thank you. good afternoon, i m the director of the tennessee bureau of investigation. first, and foremost and most important, on behalf of the tennessee bureau of investigation, i want to extend my deepest condolences to the family and friends of tyre nichols. my prayers that god will wrap his comforts arms around you and keep you during this very difficult time. we can t imagine the pain you re experiencing. but let me reaffirm, we are here to pursue truth and justice,