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MEMPHIS, Tenn. —  In early 2022, as violent crime rose in Memphis, Mayor Jim Strickland set out his ideas for returning safety to the city. At the top of his plan: Increase funding to the Memphis Police Department, give raises and bonuses…

Heather MacDonald reacted to the release of graphic body camera footage showing Memphis police officers beating 29-year-old Tyre Nichols by lamenting police diversity training. Those officers, who like Nichols are Black, have been…

Officials in Memphis on Friday released police video from the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man whose death earlier this month has led to second-degree murder charges against five officers, who were fired over the…

Officials in Memphis on Friday released police video from the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man whose death earlier this month has led to second-degree murder charges against five officers, who were fired over the…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. —  The family of Tyre Nichols has called for peaceful protests in anticipation of the release of video of his fatal beating by Memphis police that led to murder charges against five officers. RowVaughn Wells — Nichols’…

RowVaughn Wells, the mother of Tyre Nichols who was beaten to death by police in Memphis, addressed the public on Friday in heart-wrenching remarks recalling how her son called out for her after the beating. Nichols, a 29-year-old…

The city of Memphis plans to release video Friday showing Tyre Nichols being tased, pepper-sprayed, beaten and restrained for three minutes by police officers in a case that is being closely watched across the country.The video will be…

Tyre Nichols was restrained, beaten, blasted with a Taser and pepper sprayed by officers after a traffic stop, family members say, before he died from his injuries on Jan. 10, three days after the police encounter.Shelby County…

On Jan. 7, Memphis police officers stopped 29-year-old Tyre Nichols for a minor traffic violation and then beat him so viciously that they broke his neck and sent him into cardiac arrest.Nichols died three days later. Memphis, Tenn., Police…

Five former Memphis police officers have been fired and charged with murder in the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died three days after a violent traffic stop. Video footage of Nichols' arrest is expected to be released…