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In connection with the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who passed away three days after a violent traffic stop, five former Memphis police officers have been dismissed.
While paying respects to a man who passed away after a recent confrontation with Memphis police, family members and friends also informed that video footage of the event will be released soon, according to city officials.
The circumstances surrounding Nichols’ arrest and the precise events that followed his traffic stop have not been made public by the authorities in great detail.
Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old father of one, passed away on January 10, three days after being detained and hospitalised during a traffic stop.
On Tuesday, family members paid tribute to him in a funeral home in the Orange Mound neighbourhood through tears and laughter.
They recalled his laid-back, goofy, independent personality and his love of eating during a memorial service.
The more than 50 people present to honour Nichols’ life were told by a lifelong friend from California named Angelina Paxton that “The way to this man’s heart was through his stomach.”
She claims that they first met as teenagers through their local church, where he introduced her to his passion for skateboarding.
She added “He really was a light,There was not a bad bone in that man’s body. He was not violent. He was not crooked… he was a good man.”
Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith were the five officers involved in the case who were fired last week after an administrative investigation. indicated they had broken the department’s rules regarding the use of force. The department’s use-of-force guidelines were ignored by them.
Nichols’s arrest video is anticipated to be made public on Friday after 7 p.m. ET as Memphis and other cities get ready for potential demonstrations. His family requested any protesters to protest peacefully.
