” . . . the Memphis Fire Department announced the dismissal of emergency medical technicians Robert Long and JaMicheal Sandridge and Lt. Michelle Whitaker. The EMTs had previously been suspended. In a statement, Fire Chief Gina Sweat said the department received a call from police to respond to a person who had been pepper-sprayed. The workers arrived as Nichols was handcuffed on the ground and slumped against a police car, according to Sweat, who said Long and Sandridge ‘failed to conduct an adequate patient assessment of Mr. Nichols.’

Two Shelby County sheriff’s deputies were also relieved of duty without pay pending an administrative investigation, Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. announced Friday night. He said he had ‘concerns about two deputies who appeared on the scene following the physical confrontation between police and Tyre Nichols.'”

https://nypost.com/2023/01/31/seventh-memphis-police-officer-punished-in-tyre-nichols-death/

FWIW, one of the deputies is a white female; one of the firefighter/EMTs is a white male; and another EMT is a black female– so there’s at least some diversity in this horrible mess.

The initial video shows the police struggling with Tyre who is clearly resistjng arrest/cuffing. In fact he flails and escapes from the officers.

The video from a traffic camera, is poorly illuminated, shows a “take down” of the still resistjng suspect, and NOT a “beat down”. “Take downs” are inherently dangerous due to the possibility of head and brain trauma. It does not appear that the police actions were out of the ordinary.

Tyre’s death was “unfortunate” but a consequence of his decision to resist arrest/cuffing. If you fight/resist, you are going to encounter lots of police. The videos from the involved officers are likely to be more revealing. “Take downs” are always dangerous due to the possibility of injury. Pilots, race car drivers and football players wear helmets for a reason.

In short, Tyre’s injury and death appears to be a consequence of his decision to fight the police. Tyre lost.

I don’t see how that can be anything but murder, and how it began or the motive of the police doesn’t do anything to change that. Even if they were justified in their initial use of force, it doesn’t justify continued use of force against someone who was no longer resisting.

The 2020 BLM riots caused a homicide spike of 30% over 2019, largest recorded in our history. And many of those black, in 2019 the black homicide rate was ~53% (blacks are 13% of the population), now their homicide rate is 60%.

BLM has killed a lot of black people. ~4k per year over 2019.

Indeed.
And “some folks” actually do!
(They defund the police, trash ’em, deligitimize ’em, demonize ’em, essentially drive ’em out of town…and then hire THEIR OWN private security for THEIR OWN protection.)
Wondering who such “some folks” might be…