The Latest Breaking News from Tyre Nichols

The Memphis Police Department terminated five police officers in connection with the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols

A district attorney in Tennessee has said his office has dropped 30 to 40 cases involving the five former officers who have been charged with second-degree murder in the January beating death of Tyre Nichols

Seven months after the horrific beating death by police of Memphis, Tennessee, motorist Tyre Nichols, the Justice Department, on July 27, 2023, launched a civil rights investigation into allegations the Memphis Police Department routinely used excessive force and, on a systemic basis, discriminated against Black residents.

The investigation centres on questions of discrimination in the wake of the beating death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols.

The Justice Department said its investigation will focus on the Memphis Police Department's use of force, its stops and arrests and whether the department engages in discriminatory policing.

Civil pattern and practice inquiry comes after claims of brutality and discrimination, including death of Tyre Nichols in January

Unarmed 29-year-old Black man died of blunt force trauma to the head after Memphis police stop in January

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the patterns or practices of the police department in Memphis, Tennessee, seven months after the violent beating of Tyre Nichols by five officers after a traffic stop

57-year-old retired Memphis homicide detective Mark LeSure was found dead outside of his home. He had been outspoken against Memphis police following the death of Tyre Nichols

Five former Memphis police officers charged in the beating death of Tyre Nichols have made a brief court appearance as a judge considers which records should be released to the public as part of the highly-publicized case that intensified calls for police reform in the U.S. The five officers are…

Lawyers for some of the Memphis officers named in a federal lawsuit over the death of Tyre Nichols are asking that the civil case be put on hold until the criminal case is finished