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Tyre Nichols' funeral was held Wednesday at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis. A man arranges flowers around Tyre Nichols' casket at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP, PoolThe funeral of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Memphian who was brutally beaten by five police officers on January 7, was held Wednesday at the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis. Nichols, who has a 4-year-old son, has been remembered by his family and friends as a lover of sunsets, photography, and skateboarding. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with Nichols' mother, RowVaughn Wells, on Tuesday, accepting her invitation to the funeral.
Officer Preston Hemphill has been placed on paid leave in connection to the fatal arrest of Tyre Nichols. He is the sixth Memphis police officer to be taken off the force following Nichols' death. Officer Preston Hemphill is now on paid administrative leave "pending the outcome of the investigation," a spokesman for the Memphis Police Department told Insider. Lee Gerald, an attorney representing Hemphill, told Insider that his client "was the third officer at the inital stop of Mr. On Friday, officials released video of Nichols' arrest, which shows him being tased, pepper sprayed, and punched multiple times.
Some residents told Insider they hunkered down all of Saturday expecting the worst. "It could have been me," he told Insider, asking only to be identified by his first name in fear of his job. Demonstrators protest in Memphis on Jan. 28, 2023 following the release of video showing the deadly encounter between Tyre Nichols and police. Demonstrators protest in Memphis on Jan. 28, 2023 following the release of video showing the deadly encounter between Tyre Nichols and police. Demonstrators protest in Memphis on Jan. 28, 2023 following the release of video showing the deadly encounter between Tyre Nichols and police.
Biden 'outraged' after release of 'horrific' videos showing Memphis police officers beating Tyre NicholsPresident Joe Biden speaks at the White House on January 12, 2023. AP Photo/Andrew HarnikPresident Joe Biden spoke out on Friday moments after the release of several videos showing police officers brutally beating Tyre Nichols, who died from his injuries days later. On Friday, The City of Memphis released four separate videos related to events surrounding the arrest and beating of Nichols, who died three days after being beaten during a traffic stop on January 7. Biden said in a statement that he was "outraged" by what he saw. "Like so many, I was outraged and deeply pained to see the horrific video of the beating that resulted in Tyre Nichols' death," Biden said.
Kanye West is named a suspect in a battery investigation after throwing a woman's phone, TMZ reports. A video shared by the outlet Friday shows the rapper confronting several people filming him. If I say stop, stop with your cameras," he said in the clip. If I say stop, stop with your cameras," West said. In the video, West then appears to take the woman's phone from her hand and throws it in the street before approaching a man with a camera near the rapper's car.
An attorney for one of the cops charged in Tyre Nichols' death said nobody "intended" for him to die. But a lawyer for the victim's family told Insider the officer's actions were "designed to harm." But a lawyer for Nichols' family said the officers' "actions were designed to kill." But attorneys for Nichols' family, who have already viewed the police body-camera video, said it shows the five Black officers beating Nichols like a "human pinata" for three straight minutes. Authorities allege 29-year-old Nichols was severely beaten by Martin, Mills, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith during a traffic stop on January 7.
Five Memphis police officers were charged with second-degree murder within 20 days of the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said this example of "swift justice" should set a precedent for future cases of police aggression. Tyre Nichols died three days after being held at a traffic stop and beaten by Memphis police officers. "We have never seen swift justice like this," Crump said at a press conference in Memphis' Mount Olive CME Church. Crump called out the "institutionalized police culture" that he attributes for the death of Tyre Nichols.
Tyre Nichols' mom pleaded with parents not to let kids see body-cam footage of her son's beating. His mom said Friday that she hasn't seen the video but heard it's "very horrific, very horrific." Prosecutors say 29-year-old Nichols, who was Black, was severely beaten by five now-fired Memphis Police Department officers during a traffic stop on January 7. Attorneys for the Nichols family who have seen the body camera video said it shows five Black officers beating Nichols like a "human pinata" for three straight minutes. A portrait of Tyre Nichols is displayed at a memorial service for him on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 in Memphis, Tenn. Nichols was killed during a traffic stop with Memphis Police on Jan. 7.
Rodney King's daughter is sickened by beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis. Lora King says the race of the 5 officers involved in Nichols' beating is irrelevant. On Monday, law enforcement officials allowed Nichols' family and their lawyers to privately view body-camera footage of Nichols' arrest. In the wake of the killing, attorneys for the Nichols family compared his beating to that of King's. Rodney King AP Images"Hashtags and clearer videos"Lora King said she wishes that 32 years after her father's infamous beating the world would have progressed beyond unjustified police killings of Black men.
Donald Trump was questioned under oath Wednesday in writer E. Jean Carroll's 2019 defamation case. The deposition was given at the former president's Mar-a-Lago resort and residence. Trump may have pleaded the Fifth when asked about Carroll's claim that he'd raped her 30 years ago. Court papers have not revealed if Trump was ever forced to give up a DNA sample in the case. The lawsuit is scheduled to go to trial in federal court in Manhattan on February 6, 2023.
An especially rare, and friendly, black coyote had been mingling among dogs and humans in Georgia for months. Researchers at the Atlanta Coyote Project had set out on a quest to find and trap him. The center told Prior about Atlanta Coyote Project's efforts to catch the friendly coyote, CNN reported. Christopher Mowry, co-founder of the Atlanta Coyote Project, told Insider that the grand Pyrenees wasn't the only friend that the coyote had made in Atlanta. Atlanta Coyote Project.
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