I knew from the beginning that there was a white behind the murder of this innocent black gang member.
“It’s the whites,” I said. “Trust me on this. We’ve just got to find them.”
A sixth Memphis Police officer has been fired for his role in the fatal arrest of Tyre Nichols.
The department announced Friday that officer Preston Hemphill had been terminated after an administrative investigation found that he “violated multiple department policies” during Nichols’ Jan. 7 arrest.
Hemphill, who had already been suspended, violated the department’s policies regarding: personal conduct, truthfulness, compliance with Taser regulations, compliance with uniform regulations and inventory and processing recovered property, the department said.
He had been a member of the police force since 2018.
Hemphill’s lawyer, Lee Gerald, confirmed earlier this week that his client was the white officer whose body camera video from the deadly traffic stop was released by Memphis police.
Hemphill was seen firing a stun gun at Nichols as he fled from police in his first altercation with police following the initial traffic stop. He was not at the second scene where five black cops brutally beat the 29-year-old black FedEx worker with punches, kicks, and baton strikes.
Nichols died from his injuries three days later.
Hemphill has not yet been charged with a crime.
Oh, he’ll be charged with a crime alright.
Maybe just start automatically charging all white cops with the murder of all black gang members?
It would save so many lives.
Memphis Police terminates officer Preston Hemphill, who violated multiple department policies in connection to the death of Tyre Nichols
He was recorded on body cam, saying “I hope they stomp his ass” pic.twitter.com/FcExznI76l
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 3, 2023