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Tyre Nichols’ Family Sues Memphis, Police Officers for $550M Over ‘Ruthless’ Beating By ‘Pack of Wolves’

The family of Tyre Nichols filed a lawsuit against the police officers who beat Nichols during a traffic stop in Memphis on Jan. 7, 2023.

The lawsuit also names the city of Memphis, the Memphis Police Department and Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis.

Tyre Nichols
Tyre Nichols was beaten by Memphis Police Department officers on January 7, 2023. He died three days later. (Photo: lawsuit filed at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee)

Nichols died three days after he was beaten by several Memphis police officers — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills and Justin Smith — during a traffic stop. Nichols was shocked with a Taser, pepper-sprayed and beaten during the stop for alleged reckless driving.

Source: Tyre Nichols’ Family Sues Memphis, Police Officers for $550M Over ‘Ruthless’ Beating By ‘Pack of Wolves’