Two Shelby County, Tennessee, sheriff’s deputies who arrived on the scene after Tyre Nichols was beaten by Memphis police officers have been suspended without pay, the sheriff’s office says.
Nichols was then beaten by Memphis officers at Bear Creek Cove and Castlegate Lane, the video shows.Watkins responded to Bear Creek Cove and Castlegate Lane but never told dispatch or a supervisor, he did not keep a body-worn camera recording, and he did not note on a daily log that he went there, disciplinary records say.
Four videos of the police encounter with Nichols were released on Jan. 27, and what is shown on them has been widely condemned, including by FBI Director Christopher Wray and President Joe Biden.
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