VIDEO: All 5 officers charged with Tyre Nichols' death plead not guiltyFour of five former Memphis police officers charged in the killing of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who was handcuffed, brutally beaten and ignored by first responders for crucial minutes despite being barely conscious, can no longer work as law enforcement in Tennessee.& Training Commission, or P.O.S.T., voted Friday to decertify Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin and Justin Smith.
None of the fired officers or their attorneys attended their hearings before the commission on Thursday or its vote on Friday.“It’s a waste of time,” attorney Blake Ballin said of the decertification attempt. “It is meaningless to him at this stage in his life.” An attorney for Haley declined to comment on the decertification vote. Attorneys for Martin and Smith did not immediately respond to phone messages seeking their comments.
In a letter included in the file seeking his decertification, Smith defended his conduct, stating that Nichols was “violent and would not comply.” The fifth former officer charged, Tadarrius Bean, has not yet had his decertification hearing before the commission. Neither have two former officers who were not charged: Preston Hemphill, who was terminated after firing a stun gun at Nichols during the traffic stop; and Dewayne Smith, the supervising lieutenant who arrived on scene after the beating, who retired instead of being fired.
Nor any other state country or world !
'In Tennessee.' They all just go to the next Co, city, state over when they get fired. Should be barred period.
Funny how you left out their race
THEY JUST SHUFFLE THEM TO ANOTHER CITY OR STATE (PATHETIC)
You really thought you had another Floyd lmao
Florida will hire them
I thought that was a given…
WetKissesB This is so stupid... There are 49 other states they can apply to law enforcement jobs in. Banning them from applying in just one state doesn't make sense when they've proven they can't be trusted with authority.
I imagine I would be hard, to be a police officer, while in prison?!?…
In Tennessee!
The lead in to this argument is awful
In Tennessee. So head south, and they'll be fine so long as they keep their heads down.
Good
Shocker
What about the other 49 states? 🇺🇸
*in Tennessee
ReplyGPT
So no prison for them?
They should be in jail for the next few years and won’t be able to work any how
That’s great but they’ll just come to Texas or Florida now. They should be barred nationwide.
That’s racist!
they committed murder and being reinstated was a question? this is an example of why reform is needed, to be clear, I will never support defunding the police.
Just another Unlawful Black guy causing problems for the police.
Just Tennessee ? If any force takes them it must be made public .
RonDeSantisFL will hire em. He loves himself some racist cops.
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