Five former Memphis police officers charged with second-degree murder in death of Tyre Nichols

[mystery-ak]

January 26, 2023 1:47pm EST
Tyre Nichols case: 5 former Memphis police officers charged with second-degree murder
Second-degree murder charges filed after Tyre Nichols died in Memphis on Jan. 10

By Greg Norman | Fox News

The five former Memphis Police Department officers fired following the death of Tyre Nichols have been charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault and other charges.

Jail records show Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith turned themselves in and are now in custody at the Shelby County Jail in Tennessee.

The former officers are each facing seven felony charges, including one count of second-degree murder, one count of aggravated assault, one count of official oppression and two counts each of aggravated kidnapping and official misconduct.

In Tennessee, second-degree murder is punishable by 15 to 60 years in prison, according to The Associated Press.


A portrait of Tyre Nichols is displayed at a memorial service for him on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. Nichols was killed during a traffic stop with Memphis Police on Jan. 7. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

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https://www.foxnews.com/us/tyre-nichols-case-5-former-memphis-police-officers-charged-second-degree-murder

[GtHawk]

Damn what a conundrum for BLM a Black man killed by five Black White Supremacist police officers. BLM will riot to get free stuff with concurrent looting and Antifa will riot and destroy stuff because....they like to.

[Kamaji]

Damn what a conundrum for BLM a Black man killed by five Black White Supremacist police officers. BLM will riot to get free stuff with concurrent looting and Antifa will riot and destroy stuff because....they like to.

[Right_in_Virginia]

The photo of the five officers charged confused and surprised me.   

[Wingnut]

They are going to drop the BC footage tomorrow at 6pm cst.    Looking for the mostly peaceful riots in Memphis to commence after 9pm

[verga]

Can't wait to see how CNN alters the pictures.

[Gefn]

Bkmk

[Hoodat]

Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis fired from previous Atlanta job after botched sex crimes probe

Isabel Vincent  |  January 28, 2023  |  1:26pm

The chief of police in Memphis in charge of the five officers who fatally beat and tasered motorist Tyre Nichols was fired from a previous law enforcement job after a botched probe.

Cerelyn “CJ” Davis became the first female police chief in Memphis’ history in 2021 and is currently in the international spotlight after five cops brutally beat Tyre Nichols.

She was fired from the Atlanta police department in 2008 for her alleged involvement in a sex crimes investigation into the husband of an Atlanta police sergeant, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Two detectives accused Davis of telling them not to investigate Terrill Marion Crane, who was married to sergeant Tonya Crane after the police department obtained photos of him with underage girls.

A federal grand jury later indicted Terrill Crane on child pornography.  .  .

https://nypost.com/2023/01/28/memphis-police-chief-cerelyn-davis-fired-from-a-previous-job/


How did she rise from fired-in-disgrace police Lt. to Chief of Police in 13 years?

[Kamaji]

Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis fired from previous Atlanta job after botched sex crimes probe

Isabel Vincent  |  January 28, 2023  |  1:26pm

The chief of police in Memphis in charge of the five officers who fatally beat and tasered motorist Tyre Nichols was fired from a previous law enforcement job after a botched probe.

Cerelyn “CJ” Davis became the first female police chief in Memphis’ history in 2021 and is currently in the international spotlight after five cops brutally beat Tyre Nichols.

She was fired from the Atlanta police department in 2008 for her alleged involvement in a sex crimes investigation into the husband of an Atlanta police sergeant, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Two detectives accused Davis of telling them not to investigate Terrill Marion Crane, who was married to sergeant Tonya Crane after the police department obtained photos of him with underage girls.

A federal grand jury later indicted Terrill Crane on child pornography.  .  .

https://nypost.com/2023/01/28/memphis-police-chief-cerelyn-davis-fired-from-a-previous-job/


How did she rise from fired-in-disgrace police Lt. to Chief of Police in 13 years?

Two guesses.

[mountaineer]

Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈
@MrAndyNgo
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7h
At least two out of the five Memphis ex-officers accused of murdering #TyreeNichols were hired after the department loosened its education requirements. As police departments struggle to get enough recruits, some have lowered applicant qualifications.

NY Post
Memphis cops charged in Tyre Nichols murder hired after PD relaxed job requirements
By Matthew Sedacca   
January 28, 2023 5:29pm

At least two out of of five Memphis police officers charged with murder in the fatal beatdown of Tyre Nichols joined the force after the department relaxed its hiring requirements.

Tadarrius Bean and Demetrius Haley both joined the Memphis Police Department in Aug. 2020, NBC News reported, more than two years after the department dramatically loosened the education qualifications to become an officer.

Recruits no longer needed an associate’s degree or 54 college credit hours to join the force, and could get by with five years of work experience, Action 5 reported.

Loosening the required qualifications however means that the department is ultimately getting “less desirable” job candidates, Mike Alcazar, an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a retired NYPD detective, told The Post.

“They’re desperate. They want police officers,” Alcazar said. “They’re going through it, they check off some boxes, saying, ‘Ok, they’re good enough, get them on.” ...

[Right_in_Virginia]

"Memphis lowered hiring standards for police after 2020  The cops that killed Tyre Nichols were hired under the new standards. Here’s a local Memphis story titled “more diversity, less brutality”:  (Video)

https://mobile.twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1619582547440332800

[verga]

Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈
@MrAndyNgo
·
7h
At least two out of the five Memphis ex-officers accused of murdering #TyreeNichols were hired after the department loosened its education requirements. As police departments struggle to get enough recruits, some have lowered applicant qualifications.

When you lower standards, you are not allowed to complain about the quality of the the people you hire.

[LMAO]

"Memphis lowered hiring standards for police after 2020  The cops that killed Tyre Nichols were hired under the new standards. Here’s a local Memphis story titled “more diversity, less brutality”:  (Video)

https://mobile.twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1619582547440332800

This is going to go to other inner-city police departments as they struggle to retain and recruit quality candidates. More and more cities will lower their standards for hiring resulting in further deterioration of the quality of inner city police departments.

I know I would not be a police officer in this day and age. I would also discouraged loved ones from becoming a cop.

[mountaineer]

A new twist.

Lauren Witzke
@LaurenWitzkeDE
We are investigating a tip that 3 of the 5 officers in the Memphis PD beating of Tyre Nichols were members of the Vice Lords gang and under their direction.
Other gang directed beatings were reportedly found on their phones.
Recordings as proof of carrying out the beating.
9:48 AM · Jan 28, 2023

Lauren Witzke
@LaurenWitzkeDE
All of the cops involved had been with Memphis PD 2-5 years each, which coincides with the exodus of White cops and the city’s stated push to hire majority (exclusively) black officers.
10:28 AM · Jan 28, 2023

Lauren Witzke
@LaurenWitzkeDE
Update: Allegedly there is a Bonding company in Chattanooga that many believe is financially backed by the Vice Lords. Huge bonds are being made by this one company for this certain gang.
They have members working as jail officers as well. It seems they have people everywhere.
1:23 PM · Jan 28, 2023

@LaurenWitzkeDE
Multiple police officers and academy directors have reached out confirming the gang infiltration with the police departments.
@MEM_PoliceDept has NOT responded to our request for comment about the Tyre Nicols case.
Also, was told Tyre worked at Fed Ex w/ the officers baby mamma
8:48 PM · Jan 30, 2023

[verga]

A new twist.

So what I am seeing is that the inmates are running the asylum.

[rangerrebew]

Officers With Troubling Backgrounds Hired After Memphis Police Department Lowered Standards
 
Rebecca Downs
January 30, 2023 7:15 PM
   


Townhall Media/Julio Rosas
The death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, a black man, after his altercation with police during a traffic stop has thrust a discussion of police reform back into the news cycle. The five officers involved, who were also black, were fired and each charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression. Another narrative, though, ought to be examining how it was that these officers were allowed on the force in the first place. As a report from the New York Post highlighted, that may have to do with relaxed standards.


According to the report, two of the officers, Tadarrius Bean and Demetrius Haley, both joined in August 2020, which was over two years after the department loosened education qualifications to become an officer. Among such loosened requirements included no longer needing an associate's degree or 54 college credit hours to join the force. Officers could also get hired with five years of work experience.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2023/01/30/officers-with-troubling-records-hired-after-memphis-police-department-lowered-standards-n2618931

[mountaineer]

So what I am seeing is that the inmates are running the asylum.

If that report of police being gang members is true, we've truly reached new depths of insanity.

[Fishrrman]

Mountaineer digs in with:
"If that report of police being gang members is true, we've truly reached new depths of insanity."

See this post from a day or two ago:
https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,490563.msg2776755.html#msg2776755

The "Droogies" are now the cops...

[mountaineer]

  @Fishrrman

[mountaineer]

Thank goodness Karmella Harris will be attending Mr. Nichols' funeral. Her calm, reasonable, intelligent demeanor will soothe everyone.

[Hoodat]

How much money does anyone think the Nichols family will receive from the City of Memphis over this?  $5 million?  $20 million?  $50 million?

[Kamaji]

How much money does anyone think the Nichols family will receive from the City of Memphis over this?  $5 million?  $20 million?  $50 million?

And how quickly will they burn through it all?

[rangerrebew]

Cops Accused of Murder in Death of Tyre Nichols Were Hired After PD Relaxed Job Requirements, Launched 'Diversity' Push
Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Jan. 30, 2023
 

At least two out of five Memphis police officers charged with murder in the death of Tyre Nichols joined the force after the department relaxed hiring standards and launched a push to improve the department's "diversity" under the promise that residents having cops "who look like them and understand their culture" would serve to "defuse" conflicts without the need for "physical force."

From The New York Post, "Memphis cops charged in Tyre Nichols murder hired after PD relaxed job requirements":

At least two out of five Memphis police officers charged with murder in the fatal beatdown of Tyre Nichols joined the force after the department relaxed its hiring requirements.

Tadarrius Bean and Demetrius Haley both joined the Memphis Police Department in Aug. 2020, NBC News reported, more than two years after the department dramatically loosened the education qualifications to become an officer.

Recruits no longer needed an associate’s degree or 54 college credit hours to join the force, and could get by with five years of work experience, Action 5 reported.

Loosening the required qualifications however means that the department is ultimately getting “less desirable” job candidates, Mike Alcazar, an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a retired NYPD detective, told The Post.

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63575

[rangerrebew]

Sadly, Memphis got exactly what it wanted.

[DefiantMassRINO]

This happened during the Vietnam Era in large cities that had to compete with the military draft to find new recruits.  They lowered their standards to fill their ranks.