Former officer who held Tyre Nichols' arms while other officers beat him said he was using 'proper training and defensive tactics'
— have all been indicted and face one count of second-degree murder, aggravated assault, kidnapping, official oppression and two counts of official misconduct after body camera and SkyCop footage showed them aggressively pulling Nichols from his car.
According to the hearing documents, Haley was the first officer to pull Nichols from the car and Martin was close behind him. "Audio...did not capture [Nichols] using profanity or displaying any violent threats," the document read."However, [Martin] made assaultive statements." In body camera footage, an officer can be seen extending his baton and saying,"I'm gonna baton the out of you," prior to hitting Nichols.Both Haley and Martin were cited for violating MPD's truthfulness policy by filing statements that are false and do not match with video and audio from the traffic stop and beating.
Investigators from the Inspectional Services Bureau had asked both former officers if the details they listed were correct. Both Haley and Martin said the reports were correct.Although each of the five former officers were hit with many of the same violations, some received the same charges for different reasons.
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