The first time Memphis police described what happened between their officers and Tyre Nichols — the 29-year-old who died of his injuries after being beaten by police — they wrote that “a confrontation occurred” following a traffic stop. Nichols fled on foot, and then “another confrontation occurred.”
“Afterward, the suspect complained of having a shortness of breath,” reads the statement posted on the Memphis Police Department’s Twitter account the morning after Nichols was beaten on Jan. 7. “The suspect was transported to St. Francis Hospital in critical condition.”
White woman claims that white supremacy, and not police, is to blame for Tyre Nichols’ death.
Tyre was murdered at the hands of 5 black police officers. pic.twitter.com/TumahZ0sDd
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 29, 2023
