One of the police officers who has been charged with Nichols’ murder has a wife who may have had an affair with Tyre Nichols, according to rumours
Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III, and Justin Smith make up the squad responsible for the death of Tyre.
After pulling Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, over for a traffic violation, five policemen from the Memphis Police Department brutally assaulted him.
Most Americans are outraged by Nichols’s senseless death, which has racial overtones, but some are spreading a story that Nichols may have been romantically engaged with the wife of one of the police officers who has been detained in connection with his death.
Tyre Nichols was allegedly having an affair with one of the Memphis Police officer’s wife who beat him to death
Each of these individuals formerly served with the now-defunct Scorpion special team, which was formed in October 2021 to investigate serious crimes. They were terminated the previous week and arrested the following Thursday. Every one of them is being accused with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct, and official oppression.
Users on internet have many views on Tyre Nichols affair
The internet was rife with speculation that he was sexually involved with one of the alleged killer’s wives, despite the fact that no official explanation has been offered for the cops’ behaviour.
“#TyreNichols having an affair with one of the officers wives… #streetjustice” one Twitter user said, while another noted, “Tyre Nichols initial stop video… some people are saying this happened because he was also dealing with one of the officers wife.”
@CNN Unconfirmed from someone close to MPD stated Tyre Nichols had an affair with one officer's wife. The officer & his friends tracked him & wanted to beat him up by making it look like the suspect resisting. It got
way out of hand. If true, the media is LYING. It was personal— Willie972 (@WillieRod607) January 28, 2023
So, I'm seeing comments that Tyre Nichols had an affair with one of the thug cops wife. That would explain all the cops patting each other on the back for beating him. Each thug cop in question should be treated the way they treated Tyre.
— 🗣️👍 Elizaβ££ 🙏🇺🇸 (@Me41188798) January 28, 2023
So the rumor is that Tyre Nichols had an affair w/one of those officers' wives. If true, it needs to be murder in the first degree, and they need to be put away forever. It seems probable given it seemed they were out for him right away. #TyreNichols
— Kimberly (@TheFakeKimberly) January 28, 2023
Tyre Nichols initial stop video 💔 … some people are saying this happened because he was also dealing with one of the officers wife pic.twitter.com/1oZcSBmkur
— Having Motion (@_Havingmotion) January 28, 2023
Memphis officials released videotape on Friday night showing the brutal arrest of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died three days after being violently beaten by police during a traffic stop.
The Nichols family has been devastated by this tragedy, and it has sparked a scandal across the entire community.
Policing failure in US is on rise
Researchers and reformers in the field of policing estimate that, on average, three individuals have been killed by police every day across the country since the year 2020.
The tragic interaction of Tyre Nichols with Memphis, Tennessee police, captured on film and released on Friday night, is a stark reminder that efforts to improve policing have failed to avoid additional flashpoints in an intractable epidemic of brutality.
The brutal beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police nearly 32 years ago triggered calls for reform. Since then, incidents like the ones that led to the killings of Amadou Diallo in New York, Oscar Grant in Oakland, California, Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and others have occurred with regularity.
The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020 was so bad to witness that it prompted a national reckoning, with federal legislation filed in his name and corporate and sports league displays of sympathy. All of these initiatives fell short of what was needed to create the kind of change in law enforcement culture that Black people in America have advocated for.
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