White Memphis Police Officer Concerned in Tyre Nichols Arrest Fired

Preston Hemphill, the white Memphis police officer concerned within the Tyre Nichols arrest who’s heard on physique cam footage wishing Tyre hurt, has simply been fired.

The Memphis Police Division introduced Hemphill’s firing in a Friday information dump … and he has not been criminally charged in reference to Tyre’s dying.

Hemphill was one of many first officers to confront Tyre through the fateful January. 7 site visitors cease … and he is alleged to have used his Taser on Tyre.

Hemphill’s physique cam footage exhibits him chasing Nichols on foot … and he is twice heard saying, “I hope they stomp his a**.”

As you realize … Tyre was later confronted by 5 Black cops, who used pepper spray and beat him so badly he complained of shortness of breath and ended up in a hospital, the place 3 days later he died.

The 5 Black officers … Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith … have been fired earlier than Hemphill, and so they’ve been charged with second-degree homicide.

Civil rights legal professional Ben Crump, who’s representing Tyre’s household, has been questioning why Hemphill isn’t being prosecuted.

In an announcement, Memphis PD says they performed an intensive evaluation of Tyre’s arrest and decided Hemphill violated a number of division insurance policies, together with private conduct, truthfulness and never utilizing his Taser correctly.

In the meantime, a seventh Memphis PD officer who was concerned within the arrest is on administrative go away … however the officer’s identification has not been publicly revealed.