A Durham assistant police chief faces three charges, including hit-and-run, following a crash Friday on Interstate 540.
Preston Hemphill, the white Memphis Police officer who was one of the first cops to confront Tyre Nichols, was fired from the force, the Memphis Police Department announced Friday evening.
Mourners, from Vice President Kamala Harris to the activist the Rev. Al Sharpton, on Wednesday celebrated the life of Tyre Nichols.
The initial police report said Nichols "started to fight" with officers and at one point grabbed one of their guns. But neither claim was substantiated by police videos released last week.
The Memphis Fire Department announced it fired two EMTs who responded to the scene for failing to properly assess Nichols as he lay beaten on the ground. A Memphis FD lieutenant was also fired, the agency said.
The length of the school district police department suspension is not clear.
