Five former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Friday to second-degree murder and other charges in the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith made their first court appearances with their lawyers before a judge in Shelby County Criminal Court. The officers …
One person was killed and three more were wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas. Two sheriff’s deputies who have been suspended for five days for their role in the arrest of Tyre Nichols failed to keep their body cameras activated after they went to the location where Nichols had been beaten by five Memphis police officers, officials said late Wednesday. Residents of the Ohio village upended by a freight train derailment packed a gymnasium demanding reassurances after toxic chemicals spilled and burned in a huge plume over their homes and businesses.
Tens of thousands of people are without shelter following the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. The officer who pulled Tyre Nichols from his car before police fatally beat him never explained why he was being stopped. A Minnesota women is convicted of killing her 6-year old son.
