#tyrenichols — Public Fediverse posts

The issue that has really moved a lot of folks like me who used to be distracted by the "why did they have gun?" argument off to fully into the ACAB perspective is that bad cops are so rarely punished.

It can be the most cut and dry case of murder and the cops get off, typically with ZERO jail time or direct economic penalty.

Literally the same one of the US most well covered cases of police murder had this update . . .

https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/114485081433719815

#TyreNichols

Update in the Tyre Nichols case, the cops who murdered him have now been acquitted.

Exhibit A for why don't I give a singular flying fuck when a cop allegedly becomes road kill.

FUCK THE POLICE & PISS ON THEIR GRAVES.

https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/local/memphis-reform-legislative-ex-officers-acquitted-tyre-nichols/522-7566dd42-7d49-4a0a-ba29-1f52592cf78b

#TyreNichols #Memphis #TN #ACAB

Tyre Nichols Case: Shock http://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/9/tyre_nichols_memphis_police_acquittals #justice #PoliceMurder #TyreNichols #Memphis #MemphisPD #BlackLivesMatter

@Jaden3 #TyreNichols

We shouldn't have to be talking about Tyre in the past tense. He should be still with us, with his mum and his family, going about his life.

And letting them off with it? Its just state-sanctioned murder. I CANNOT imagine the void left behind in his family or, the unnecessary pain they must now carry with them

@Jaden3 too many die in the hands of the cops
so many needless deaths

#RIP #TyreNichols #BlackLivesMatter
@blackmastodon #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi

@Jaden3 fellow white people disgust me and degrade us all with their racism
It's on us White folk to call out this foulness, or is this how we want to live, what we want to raise our kids to believe..a toxic ideology of White Nationalism and Patriarchy?😡

#TyreNichols

Three ex-Tennessee officers acquitted of state charges in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/07/tyre-nichols-officers-acquitted #TyreNichols #USpolicing #Tennessee #Memphis #USnews #Race

3 former #Memphis officers not guilty in death of #TyreNichols

A jury found 3 fmr #MemphisPolice officers not guilty of all charges in the death of Tyre Nichols, including the most serious charge of 2nd degree #murder.

The men, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley & Justin Smith, faced a total of 7 counts in the state trial for their role in the 2023 fatal beating of Nichols, a 29-yr-old father who had told officers he was on his way home when they stopped him.

#law #ACAB
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/nx-s1-5388488/three-memphis-police-officers-found-not-guilty-in-the-death-of-tyre-nichols

BREAKING: Three cops acquitted on state charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tenneseee.

#tyrenichols

Memphis.

Of course.

#tyrenichols #blackmastodon
https://abc7.com/post/tyre-nichols-verdict-3-former-memphis-officers-acquitted-fatal-beating-he-fled-traffic-stop/16349930/
via ABC7LA App

#Tennessee: Jurors on Tuesday began deliberating in the trial of 3 former #Memphis oinkers charged with murdering 29 year old father & #skateboarder #TyreNichols during a traffic stop in January 2023.

#TyreNicholsRIP 💔

#ACAB

Police expert testifies that officers who fatally beat Tyre Nichols used excessive force https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/03/tyre-nichols-police-expert-trial #TyreNichols #USpolicing #Tennessee #Memphis #UScrime #USnews #Race

MEMPHIS: “Video shows Haley taking a photo of Nichols… Haley shared the photo 11 times and had text conversations with eight people about it, Miller said on the third day of the state trial.” #TyreNichols

Investigator: Ex-Memphis offic...

" Push a cop
Save a life ".

(Mönch von #Luetzerath)

#remifraisse
#ouryjalloh
#GeorgeFloyd
#Tortuguita
#paezteran
#TyreNichols
#steffenmeyn

All all others...

#mudwizard #Lutzerath

Memphis police ‘regularly violate constitution’, says justice department https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/05/memphis-police-investigation-justice-department #TyreNichols #USpolicing #Tennessee #Memphis #USnews #Race

Memphis police ‘regularly violate’ Black people’s rights, justice department finds https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/04/memphis-police-inquiry #TyreNichols #USpolicing #Memphis #USnews

The Murder of #TyreNichols: update :acab:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkWXoHAHS8E

15 hours ago

#ACAB #Memphis #TN #Tennessee

Ex-Polizisten in Haupt-Anklagepunkten freigesprochen

Minutenlang prügelten mehrere Polizisten bei einer Verkehrskontrolle in Memphis auf den schwarzen Tyre Nichols ein. Kurz darauf starb er. Nun wurden drei der Ex-Polizisten in wesentlichen Anklagepunkten freigesprochen.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/urteil-tyre-nichols-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#USA #Polizeigewalt #TyreNichols

3 Former Officers Found Guilty of Cover-Up in Tyre Nichols’s Death

The former officers were acquitted of the most serious charge in the case — violating Mr. Nichols’s #CivilRights by causing his death.

By Emily Cochrane and Ben Stanley
Reporting from Memphis.
Oct. 3, 2024

"Three former Memphis police officers were found guilty on Thursday of federal witness tampering charges in the violent beating of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died three days after his encounter with the police.
But all of the officers were acquitted of the most serious charge in the case — violating Mr. Nichols’s civil rights by causing his death. One officer, Demetrius Haley, was convicted on a lesser charge of violating Mr. Nichols’s civil rights by causing bodily injury.

"The mixed verdict in the federal trial in Memphis comes nearly two years after Mr. Nichols’s death, which sickened many across the nation, who viewed it as the latest example of a young Black man being subjected to #ExcessiveForce at the hands of the #police.

"Video of the January 2023 encounter showed that after Mr. Nichols fled a #TrafficStop, officers viciously punched and kicked him, ignoring his cries for his mother and his attempts to comply with a barrage of conflicting commands. None of the officers reported the extent of the beating.

"The three defendants, along with two other former officers who pleaded guilty to their role in the violence, still face additional state charges, including second-degree murder.

"Sentencing on the federal convictions is expected to occur in January.

"'You know what these officers did and know it because you saw it over and over again,' said Kathryn Gilbert, a Justice Department lawyer, in closing statements. 'You can use your eyes. You can use your ears. You can use your common sense. You know what these officers did.'

"The trial, which lasted about 17 days, exposed a culture of #secrecy and #violence within the #MemphisPolice Department, where officers held to an unspoken agreement that they could punish anyone who fled from them and downplay the violence. The five officers — all of whom are Black — were part of a team within the specialized Scorpion street crime unit, where arrest statistics and confiscations were a priority."

Original article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/us/tyre-nichols-verdict.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/IDgFH#selection-823.0-859.413

#ACAB #BlackLivesMatter #TyreNichols #JusticeForTyre #ScorpionUnit #MemphisTennessee #Tennessee #DrivingWhileBlack

3 fmr #Memphis, TN #police officers were found #guilty Thurs of federal #WitnessTampering in the #violent #beating of #TyreNichols, a 29-yr-old #Black man who died 3 days after his encounter w/police [from the severe injuries they inflicted]

ALL of the #cops were acquitted of the most serious charge—violating Nichols’s #CivilRights by causing his death. One cop, Demetrius Haley, was convicted on a lesser charge of violating Nichols’s civil rights by causing #BodilyInjury.

#law #PoliceViolence

3 fmr #Memphis, TN #police officers were found #guilty Thurs of federal #WitnessTampering in the #violent #beating of #TyreNichols, a 29-yr-old #Black man who died 3 days after his encounter w/police [from the severe injuries they inflicted]

ALL of the #cops were acquitted of the most serious charge—violating Nichols’s #CivilRights by causing his death. One cop, Demetrius Haley, was convicted on a lesser charge of violating Nichols’s civil rights by causing #BodilyInjury.

#law #PoliceViolence

3 fmr #Memphis, TN #police officers were found #guilty Thurs of federal #WitnessTampering in the #violent #beating of #TyreNichols, a 29-yr-old #Black man who died 3 days after his encounter w/police [from the severe injuries they inflicted]

ALL of the #cops were acquitted of the most serious charge—violating Nichols’s #CivilRights by causing his death. One cop, Demetrius Haley, was convicted on a lesser charge of violating Nichols’s civil rights by causing #BodilyInjury.

#law #PoliceViolence

3 fmr #Memphis, TN #police officers were found #guilty Thurs of federal #WitnessTampering in the #violent #beating of #TyreNichols, a 29-yr-old #Black man who died 3 days after his encounter w/police [from the severe injuries they inflicted]

ALL of the #cops were acquitted of the most serious charge—violating Nichols’s #CivilRights by causing his death. One cop, Demetrius Haley, was convicted on a lesser charge of violating Nichols’s civil rights by causing #BodilyInjury.

#law #PoliceViolence

3 fmr #Memphis, TN #police officers were found #guilty Thurs of federal #WitnessTampering in the #violent #beating of #TyreNichols, a 29-yr-old #Black man who died 3 days after his encounter w/police [from the severe injuries they inflicted]

ALL of the #cops were acquitted of the most serious charge—violating Nichols’s #CivilRights by causing his death. One cop, Demetrius Haley, was convicted on a lesser charge of violating Nichols’s civil rights by causing #BodilyInjury.

#law #PoliceViolence

Video footage depicting #TyreNichols’s beating by members of the department’s #ScorpionUnit — a group of 40 officers tasked w/ patrolling violent-crime *hot spots* throughout the city — sparked protests & outrage in #Memphis, & spurred change.

The special unit was disbanded, & the #DOJ has launched a civil pattern or practice investigation into the city & the department.

#SocialJustice #law #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #PoliceViolence #AbuseOfPower #SystemicRacism

Judge Mark S. Norris, who will make the final sentencing judgment, is also overseeing the trials of the remaining 3 officers: Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley & Justin Smith. They are charged w/ use of #ExcessiveForce, conspiracy to commit #WitnessTampering , #obstruction of #justice & deliberate #indifference to #TyreNichols’s #medical condition.

#SocialJustice #law #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #PoliceViolence #AbuseOfPower #SystemicRacism #Memphis

Judge Mark S. Norris, who will make the final sentencing judgment, is also overseeing the trials of the remaining 3 officers: Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley & Justin Smith. They are charged w/ use of #ExcessiveForce, conspiracy to commit #WitnessTampering , #obstruction of #justice & deliberate #indifference to #TyreNichols’s #medical condition.

#SocialJustice #law #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #PoliceViolence #AbuseOfPower #SystemicRacism #Memphis

Judge Mark S. Norris, who will make the final sentencing judgment, is also overseeing the trials of the remaining 3 officers: Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley & Justin Smith. They are charged w/ use of #ExcessiveForce, conspiracy to commit #WitnessTampering , #obstruction of #justice & deliberate #indifference to #TyreNichols’s #medical condition.

#SocialJustice #law #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #PoliceViolence #AbuseOfPower #SystemicRacism #Memphis

@bob

good to see this in writing…

https://www.streetroots.org/news/2024/08/21/portland-crime-data-part-1

the real crime wave is the PPB PR

calls to #defund & #demilitarize & for #accountability kicked off PR schemes throughout the US. these headlines noticeably appear after each #homocide-by-cop #DelrawnSmall #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastille #Tortuguita #TyreNichols #BreonnaTaylor +

media regurgitates ‘coffee w/ cops’ PR rather than address systemic #racism

https://commiepinkofag.org/post/735248496256483328/portland-pr-against-accountability

https://commiepinkofag.org/post/748798236777676800/commiepinkofag-ac-a-a-a-a-b-screamed-the-goat

#BlackLivesMatter #ACAB #BLM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lonqb5VXh_0

#DemocracyNow

WARNING: At the 9.45 min mark, video (though blurred) of the murder of unarmed #RogerFortson in #Florida, who simply answered the door when these badged savages were yelling and screaming for him to open up.

'How many more?' Attorney #BenCrump on Latest in #BreonnaTaylor, #TyreNichols, & #RogerFortson Cases

#ACAB #BLM #BlackLivesMatter

Texas governor over-rules City of #Memphis pretextual #trafficstop restrictions despite a direct appeal from the family of #TyreNichols to leave them in place. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/tennessee-gov-lee-signs-bill-to-undo-memphis-traffic-stop-reforms-after-tyre-nichols-death

Texas governor over-rules City of #Memphis pretextual #trafficstop restrictions despite a direct appeal from the family of #TyreNichols to leave them in place. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/tennessee-gov-lee-signs-bill-to-undo-memphis-traffic-stop-reforms-after-tyre-nichols-death

#Tennessee #Governor #BillLee #signs #bill to #undo #Memphis #trafficstop #reforms after #TyreNichols #murder by #rogue #police group, ignoring #pleas from his #family.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Tennessee #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Racism #ThePartyOfHate #BlackMastodon

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/tennessee-gov-lee-signs-bill-to-undo-memphis-traffic-stop-reforms-after-tyre-nichols-death

DOJ Files Criminal Charges Against 5 Former Memphis Officers in Tyre Nichols Beating
Federal authorities are accusing Emmitt Martin III, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith of using excessive force and violating Nichols’s rights, as well as conspiring to make false statements to supervisors whil
https://newsviews.online/2023/09/13/doj-files-criminal-charges-against-5-former-memphis-officers-in-tyre-nichols-beating/
#ThinBlueLine #MemphisPolice #TyreNichols

Feds are accusing #EmmittMartin, #TadarriusBean, #DemetriusHaley, #DesmondMills & #JustinSmith of using #ExcessiveForce & violating #TyreNichols’s #Rights, as well as #conspiring to make #FalseStatements to supervisors while reporting the incidents & #ObstructingJustice during subsequent investigations.

The #DOJ on Tues filed federal #criminal #charges against 5 fmr #Memphis #police #officers, accusing them of #violating the #CivilRights of #TyreNichols, a #Black man who died after being severely #beaten during a traffic stop in January.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/12/memphis-police-fatal-beating-tyre-nichols/

"#Civilrights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump, Antonio Romanucci, and local counsel, retired Judge Earnestine Hunt Dorse, will announce the filing of a #civillawsuit against the City of #Memphis, #MemphisPolice Department, and individual officers for the January 2023 death of #TyreNichols. The 29-year-old father was killed after a pretextual traffic stop and a brutal beating by Memphis #PoliceOfficers," says attorney Benjamin Crump in a Wednesday statement
https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/1648676228994408448/photo/1

‘There’s reclamation to be done’: Jason Turner and the struggle for justice

When the world witnessed the televised funeral for Tyre Nichols, it saw a leading Memphis church in action as host, with Senior Pastor J. Lawrence Turner ’06 M.Div. offering prayers to meet the latest grievous national moment.

https://divinity.yale.edu/news/there-s-reclamation-be-done-jason-turner-and-struggle-justice

#TyreNichols #nichols #violence #yale #yds #YaleDivinitySchool #YaleAlumni

Policing America…sad, reprehensible, repulsive

“To residents of Memphis’s resource-poor, predominantly nonwhite neighborhoods, the Scorpions were easy to spot. The plainclothes patrols were known for driving their unmarked Dodge Chargers through the streets, often all too recklessly, sowing fear as they went, spitting venom from their windows, jumping out with guns drawn at the slightest sign of an infraction.”

#tyrenichols #ericgarner #policebrutality #policeviolence
https://bit.ly/3xV4kqF

Policing America…sad, reprehensible, repulsive

“To residents of Memphis’s resource-poor, predominantly nonwhite neighborhoods, the Scorpions were easy to spot. The plainclothes patrols were known for driving their unmarked Dodge Chargers through the streets, often all too recklessly, sowing fear as they went, spitting venom from their windows, jumping out with guns drawn at the slightest sign of an infraction.”

#tyrenichols #ericgarner #policebrutality #policeviolence
https://bit.ly/3xV4kqF

The death of Tyre Nichols ‘is a symptom of a deeper social sickness,’ says Rev. William Barber II of Yale Divinity School.

Read the opinion piece at The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/07/tyre-nichols-death-memphis-black-police-officers

#TyreNichols #RevWilliamBarber #SystemicRacism #violence #WilliamBarber #Yale #YDS #YaleDivinitySchool

#Black #Army #Vet Says Same #Memphis #Cops #Beat Him Days Before #Killing #TyreNichols
#MonterriousHarris alleges he was pulled from his car and beaten by the same “#ScorpionUnit” officers charged in the murder of Tyre Nichols.
TO
By Tess Owen
February
On the evening of Jan 4, a Black army veteran named Monterrious Harris says he was in his car outside an apartment complex in Memphis, Tennessee waiting for his cousin, when a group of armed men in ski masks and black clothes “suddenly swarmed his vehicle” and threatened to shoot him if he didn’t exit the car.

These men were not carjackers, as Harris initially believed, but officers from Memphis’ police department—allegedly the very same officers who, only days later, would be seen on body camera brutally beating Tyre Nichols, leading to his death.
Vice.com

Great piece by Rabbi #AryehCohen calling for the #Jewish community to get behind #abolition.
#JewSchool #mazeldon #PoliceBrutality #RacistViolence #TyreNichols #Memphis #LosAngeles #LAPD #TakarSmith #OscarSanchez #KeenanAnderson

https://jewschool.com/it-is-time-for-the-jewish-community-to-get-into-the-fight-for-abolition-173885

Former Memphis officer texted photo of beaten Tyre Nichols, state records show https://flip.it/4o8KHh #TyreNichols #MemphisPolice

Via Brianna Tucker: “Mothers, fathers and siblings of Black people killed by police will attend President Biden’s #SOTU address as guests of the Congressional Black Caucus, which has ramped up a push for police reform since Tyre Nichols’s killing.” (gift article, no paywall) https://wapo.st/3Y5OyEV #Biden #StateOfTheUnionAddress #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #PoliceReform #BlackLivesMatter #TyreNichols #EricGarner #TamirRice #MikeBrown

Via Brianna Tucker: “Mothers, fathers and siblings of Black people killed by police will attend President Biden’s #SOTU address as guests of the Congressional Black Caucus, which has ramped up a push for police reform since Tyre Nichols’s killing.” (gift article, no paywall) https://wapo.st/3Y5OyEV #Biden #StateOfTheUnionAddress #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #PoliceReform #BlackLivesMatter #TyreNichols #EricGarner #TamirRice #MikeBrown

Via Brianna Tucker: “Mothers, fathers and siblings of Black people killed by police will attend President Biden’s #SOTU address as guests of the Congressional Black Caucus, which has ramped up a push for police reform since Tyre Nichols’s killing.” (gift article, no paywall) https://wapo.st/3Y5OyEV #Biden #StateOfTheUnionAddress #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #PoliceReform #BlackLivesMatter #TyreNichols #EricGarner #TamirRice #MikeBrown