An investigation recommended that Memphis Police Lt. DeWayne Smith be fired for his role in the death of Tyre Nichols on January 7, but he announced his retirement the day before the hearing.
A federal judge sentenced a former Louisiana cop to 14 years in prison for molesting a 15-year-old girl in 2020 as he investigated her sexual assault. NOLA.com reported that New Orleans police officer Rodney Vicknair, 55, was offered a seven-year plea deal that U.S. District Judge Lance Africk tossed for being “unjustifiably lenient.” For months …
One of the fired officers, Demetrius Haley, reportedly took photographs of Tyre Nichols after the beating and sent them to at least 5 people.
Memphis Police on Friday fired a sixth officer in connection with the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols earlier this month, which led to Nichols’ death three days later. Preston Hemphill was already suspended for his role in the incident, as CrimeOnline previously reported. He is the first white police officer fired for the videotaped beating. …
Two more Memphis police officers have been relieved of duty and three members of the city’s fire department fired in the wake of the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols earlier this month. Five officers have been fired and charged with murder in the beating, which was captured on multiple police cameras. Police released the videos …
A former Memphis police officer among those charged with murdering Tyre Nichols allegedly beat up a jail inmate almost eight years ago, NBC News reports. In 2015, Cordarlrius Sledge was serving a three-year sentence in the Shelby County Division of Corrections for aggravated assault when he alleged that two corrections officers accosted him because they …
Memphis Police announced Saturday it was deactivating its SCORPION Unit, which was involved in the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols earlier this month. Nichols, a 29-year-old FedEx driver and photographer, died three days after the January 7 incident, as CrimeOnline reported. The SCORPION Unit — which stands for Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in …
Five officers were fired and charged with second degree murder and other charges after Nichols died three days following the beating.
A Pennsylvania police chief was killed Monday in a shootout with a suspect who was wanted for a probation violation. The suspect was later shot and killed in another shootout with police in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood, KDKA reported. Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire was pronounced dead at the scene of the first shooting. Another officer …
This may be one of the longest pursuits county sheriff’s deputies have ever conducted. Officers pulled over a driver at 8 a.m. Sunday morning in North Augusta, South Carolina. But when one requested the driver’s license, he pulled a 9 mm handgun and sped off. The officers pursued for about five or six miles, when …
An Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed Saturday while trying to serve a warrant. The sheriff’s office said 43-year-old Timothy Price-Williams refused to come out of his townhome when deputies arrived at about 9:30 a.m. to serve a domestic violence battery warrant. The deputies called in the sheriff’s office Special Response Team to …
