Two deputies with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office have been put on leave pending an investigation after the sheriff viewed the video of Tyre Nichols' arrest and beating
Body camera footage shows police walking around as Nichols slumped to the ground. In body camera video footage released by the city of Memphis Friday, an officer can be seen tying his boot while Tyre Nichols sits on the ground in handcuffs leaning against a police cruiser.
Nichols slumps over and an officer walks over to pull him back upright before directing him to sit up. Officers appear to say at least two officers pepper sprayed Nichols, “saying I sprayed, he sprayed.” Then an officer says another officer tased Nichols. An officer later describes the traffic stop involving Nichols saying, “We tried to get him stopped, he didn’t stop."
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