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This image from video released Friday, and partially redacted by the City of Memphis, shows Tyre Nichols seated and leaning against a car during a brutal attack by five Memphis police officers on Jan. 7, 2023, in Memphis, Tennessee. Nichols died Jan. 10. The five officers have since been fired and charged with second-degree murder and other offenses. Photo credit: The Associated Press

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7th Memphis officer disciplined, EMTs fired in Nichols’ death

January 30, 2023
By Adrian Sainz

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This image from video released Friday, and partially redacted by the City of Memphis, shows Tyre Nichols seated and leaning against a car during a brutal attack by five Memphis police officers on Jan. 7, 2023, in Memphis, Tennessee. Nichols died Jan. 10. The five officers have since been fired and charged with second-degree murder and other offenses. Photo credit: The Associated Press

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Tyre Nichols case revives calls for change in police culture

January 30, 2023
By Aaron Morrison, Claudia Lauer & Adrian Sainz

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Family members and supporters hold a photograph of Tyre Nichols at a news conference in Memphis, Tennessee, Jan. 23, 2023. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, that the federal investigation into the death of a Black man who died after a violent arrest by Memphis police “may take some time.” Speaking during a news conference, U.S. Attorney Kevin G. Ritz said his office is working with the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division in Washington as it investigates the case of Tyre Nichols, who died three days after his January 7 arrest. Photo credit: Gerald Herbert

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5 Memphis cops charged with murder in Tyre Nichols’ death

January 26, 2023
By Adrian Sainz and Rebecca Reynolds

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