After Tyre Nichols died, Memphis residents described violent tactics allegedly used by the police department, now under scrutiny over the supervision of its officers.
at the hands of Minneapolis police in May 2020. She upset tradition as the first outsider hired to lead the Memphis Police Department in decades. Davis did not respond to a request for comment on this story.
“Decades ago, it was said, if you run, you’re gonna get beat up. That changed,” the former officer said. “But you still have lieutenants who talk about how great it was back in the day, because if somebody punched you, you sent them to the hospital. So then you get these rookies on that say, ‘Man, that sounds awesome.’”
Harris’s attorney, Robert Spence, in the lawsuit, said the gun belonged to Harris’s cousin, who brought it into the car without telling Harris. The police department, in charging documents, said officers stopped Lane for tinted windows, smelled a “strong odor” of marijuana, “conducted a pat down” and found a pistol in his pocket. The officers detained him for the “odor of illegal narcotics” and charged him with unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, among others. The charges were later dropped.
Police, in charging documents, said that Walker started yelling at officers while they were attempting to tow the car and struck an officer in the face when he “attempted to remove him” from that vehicle. Police said an officer then deployed pepper spray and placed Walker into custody. Smiley, the city council member, said it was an important, if obvious, next step. But he would like to see many more changes. He is hoping Nichols’s death can lead to a rejection of traditional policing in ways that Floyd’s death failed to.
In 2022 it eased physical fitness requirements, raising the time required to run 1.5 miles from 15:30 to 17:30. Additionally, the department said it would evaluate criminal histories on a case-by-case basis rather than barring applicants with criminal convictions. “I don’t have any patience for defunding police. Police play a pivotal role in safety, and the large majority can do the job right,” Carlisle said. “You have people who say the whole system is institutionally, this, that and the other. I just don’t have time for that. That’s not pragmatic and that’s not true. They need the training and support to do the job correctly so that we don’t continue the downward spiral.
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