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Sixth US Police Officer Fired Over Fatal Beating Of Black Man
The Memphis Police Department on Friday said it had fired a sixth officer involved in the arrest of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old African American whose fatal beating shocked the nation.
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Memphis Disbands Police Unit After Fatal Beating As US Protests Grow
The specialized police unit that included the five Memphis officers charged with the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols was disbanded on Saturday as more protests took place in U.S. cities a day after harrowing video of the attack was released.
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US On Edge Over Expected Release Of Fatal Police Brutality Video
The southern US city of Memphis braced itself for unrest Friday as authorities prepared to release a video depicting the fatal assault of a Black man by five police officers who, the victim's mother said, "beat him to a pulp."
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A Rapist Left His Dentures Behind At The Crime Scene. His Name Was Written Inside But No One Looked.
The 2001 attack was vicious. In August, an 31-year-old Memphis woman was walking along Thomas Street, an empty stretch of road drilling through an industrial area north of downtown. A man approached, forced her off the road, and stabbed a metal object up under her chin so hard it stuck to the roof of her mouth. Then according to Memphis's Fox 40, t...
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Sixth US Police Officer Fired Over Fatal Beating Of Black Man
The Memphis Police Department on Friday said it had fired a sixth officer involved in the arrest of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old African American whose fatal beating shocked the nation.
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Memphis Disbands Police Unit After Fatal Beating As US Protests Grow
The specialized police unit that included the five Memphis officers charged with the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols was disbanded on Saturday as more protests took place in U.S. cities a day after harrowing video of the attack was released.
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US On Edge Over Expected Release Of Fatal Police Brutality Video
The southern US city of Memphis braced itself for unrest Friday as authorities prepared to release a video depicting the fatal assault of a Black man by five police officers who, the victim's mother said, "beat him to a pulp."
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A Rapist Left His Dentures Behind At The Crime Scene. His Name Was Written Inside But No One Looked.
The 2001 attack was vicious. In August, an 31-year-old Memphis woman was walking along Thomas Street, an empty stretch of road drilling through an industrial area north of downtown. A man approached, forced her off the road, and stabbed a metal object up under her chin so hard it stuck to the roof of her mouth. Then according to Memphis's Fox 40, t...
