Tyre Nichols' death prompted murder charges against the officers and outrage at the country’s latest instance of police brutality.
— Jan. 7: Tyre Nichols is pulled over by police for an alleged traffic violation after photographing a sunset, according to accounts his family would give later. A confrontation ensues, and he is brutally beaten by five Memphis police officers in an encounter that is recorded by police body cameras.
— Jan. 10: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the man involved in the altercation with Memphis officers has "succumbed to his injuries" and identifies him as 29-year-old Tyre D. Nichols, a Black man. — Jan. 16: Civil rights attorney Ben Crump announces he is representing Nichols’ family and calls on police to release body camera and surveillance video from the traffic stop. Meanwhile, protesters gather at the Civil Rights Museum to push for the release of police video and call for officers to be charged.— Jan. 20: Thein the arrest are fired after an internal investigation finds they used excessive force, failed to intervene and failed to render aid.
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