田纳西州孟菲斯的官员周五公布了提尔·尼科尔斯和五名警察之间致命对抗的戏剧性人体摄像机镜头。
在这段令人揪心的视频中，可以听到尼科尔斯几次尖叫着“妈妈”。视频显示，在他从一个交通停止逮捕.
尼科尔斯于1月10日，暴力冲突发生三天后去世，享年29岁。
参与逮捕他的五名孟菲斯警察局官员——塔达留斯·比恩、德米特里·哈利、埃米特·马丁三世、小德斯蒙德·米尔斯和贾斯汀·史密斯被解雇了然后被控二级谋杀与尼科尔斯的死有关。
“这个故事还有更多，”州代表说
在周六与其他州和地方领导人举行的新闻发布会上，田纳西州众议员G.A .哈达威表示，他对尼科尔斯案件的时间表和后勤工作有一些问题尚未得到回答。
孟菲斯的代表哈达威说:“这个故事还有更多，我认为孟菲斯和谢尔比县的市民有权知道整个故事。”
哈达威说，警方在此案中“唯一的快速转变”是五名警察受到行政纪律处分的消息。他呼吁进一步明确指挥系统，因为它涉及到汽车追逐和暴力冲突的通知。
“除非你诚实，否则你无法获得Memphians和Shelby Countians的信任，如果你不透明，你就不可能诚实，”他说。
孟菲斯警方的蝎子小组解散了
孟菲斯警察局已经关闭了它的蝎子部队尼科尔斯之死的核心任务该部门周六表示。
根据该部门的一份声明，该决定是在首席塞雷林·戴维斯会见了该单位的其他成员后作出的，他们同意停用。
声明说:“在认真听取提尔·尼科尔斯的家人、社区领袖以及在工作中表现出色的无关人员的意见的过程中，永久关闭蝎子部队符合所有人的最佳利益。”
与尼科尔斯之死有关的所有五名被解雇和指控的警官都在该单位，该单位自那次致命的遭遇以来一直处于不活跃状态。
该部门当时表示，由40名警官组成的蝎子队(SCORPION unit)于2021年11月成立，旨在恢复我们社区的和平，专注于“高犯罪热点”。
代表这个家庭的律师本·克伦普和安东尼奥·罗曼努奇一再呼吁结束这个单元。
“你有一个人痛苦地躺在床上，奄奄一息，人们只是像往常一样谈论这件事。如果提尔没有受伤，他们还会这样做多少次?他们以前又做过多少次?”他周五告诉ABC新闻.
克伦普和罗曼努奇周六在一份联合声明中表示，他们和尼科尔斯的家人认为解散该小组“对于提尔·尼科尔斯的悲惨死亡来说是适当和相称的，对于孟菲斯的所有公民来说也是一个体面和公正的决定。”
奥巴马对“恶意无理殴打”做出反应
前总统巴拉克·奥巴马呼吁人们“重新想象公共安全”，以回应尼科尔斯与警察的致命冲突。
他在一份声明中说:“对提尔·尼科尔斯恶毒的、不公正的殴打，以及他最终死于五名孟菲斯警察之手，只是最新的、痛苦的提醒，提醒我们美国在整顿我们的街道治安方面还有很长的路要走。”联合声明米歇尔·奥巴马在推特上发布了一张尼科尔斯在水边的自拍照。“除了哀悼提尔和支持他的家人，我们所有人都应该动员起来，实现持久的变化。”
尼科尔斯案中一名被告的律师说，我们继续敦促谨慎行事
代表前孟菲斯警官德斯蒙德·米尔斯的律师发表了一份声明，称这些视频“产生了许多问题，因为它们有答案，”米尔斯的律师布莱克·鲍林说。
“一些遗留的问题需要关注德斯蒙德·米尔斯的个人行为;德斯蒙德知道什么，当他到达现场时他能看到什么;德斯蒙德知道什么，他在被胡椒喷雾后能看到什么;以及德斯蒙德的行为是否越过了其他警察在此事件中越过的界限，”Ballin说。
“我们继续呼吁在判断德斯蒙德·米尔斯的行为时保持谨慎和耐心。我们相信，德斯蒙德是否越过了其他人越过的界限，以及他是否犯下了被指控的罪行，这些问题都将得到响亮的答案“不”，Ballin补充道。
Tyre Nichols live updates: SCORPION Unit 'permanently deactivated' after Nichols' death
Officials in Memphis, Tennessee, released dramatic body camera footage Friday of the fatal confrontation between Tyre Nichols and five police officers.
Nichols can be heard screaming "mom" several times during the gut-wrenching clips, which appear to show officers beating and pepper-spraying him after he ran from atraffic stop arrest.
Nichols died at the age of 29 on Jan. 10, three days after the violent confrontation.
The five Memphis Police Department officers involved in his arrest -- Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith --were firedand thencharged with second-degree murderin connection with Nichols' death.
'There is more to the story,' state rep says
During a press event with other state and local leaders on Saturday, Tennessee state Rep. G.A. Hardaway said he has questions that have not been answered regarding the timeline and logistics of the Nichols case.
"There is more to the story, and I think that the citizens of Memphis and Shelby County deserve to know the whole story," Hardaway, who represents Memphis, said.
Hardaway said the “only quick turnaround” from police in the case was the information that five officers received administrative discipline. He called for more clarity regarding the chain of command as it pertains to the notification of car chases and violent encounters.
"You can’t get the trust of Memphians and Shelby Countians unless you’re truthful, and you can’t be truthful if you’re not transparent," he said.
Memphis Police's SCORPION Unit deactivated
The Memphis Police Department has deactivated its SCORPION Unit, thetask force at the center of Nichols' death, the department said Saturday.
The decision came after Chief Cerelyn Davis met with other members of the unit, who agreed with the deactivation, according to a statement from the department.
"In the process of listening intently to the family of Tyre Nichols, community leaders, and the uninvolved officers who have done quality work in their assignments, it is in the best interest of all to permanently deactivate the SCORPION Unit," the statement said.
All five officers fired and charged in connection with Nichols' death were in the unit, which had been inactive since the fatal encounter.
The 40-officer SCORPION unit, which stands for Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods, launched in November 2021 and focused on "high crime hotspots," the department said at the time.
Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci, the attorneys representing the family, had repeatedly called to end the unit.
"You have a man literally laying down in distress, dying, and people are just talking like this is business as usual. Had Tyre not succumbed to his injuries, how many more times would they have done this and how many times have they done it before?" hetold ABC News on Friday.
Crump and Romanucci said in a joint statement Saturday that they and Nichols' family found the disbandment of the unit "to be both appropriate and proportional to the tragic death of Tyre Nichols, and also a decent and just decision for all citizens of Memphis."
Obama reacts to 'vicious, unjustified beating'
Former President Barack Obama called on people to "reimagine public safety" in response to Nichols' fatal encounter with police.
"The vicious, unjustified beating of Tyre Nichols and his ultimate death at the hands of five Memphis police officers is just the latest, painful reminder of how far America still has to go in fixing how we police our streets," he said in ajoint statementwith Michelle Obama on Twitter that included a selfie of Nichols by water. "Along with mourning Tyre and supporting his family, it’s up to all of us to mobilize for lasting change."
'We continue to urge caution,' lawyer for one of accused in Nichols case says
The attorney representing former Memphis Police Officer Desmond Mills, one of the five charged in Tyre Nichols' death, released a statement saying the videos "produced as many questions as they have answers," Blake Ballin, an attorney for Mills said.
"Some of the questions that remain will require a focus on Desmond Mills’s individual actions; on what Desmond knew and what he was able to see when he arrived late to the scene; on what Desmond knew and what he was able to see after he was pepper sprayed; and on whether Desmond’s actions crossed the lines that were crossed by other officers during this incident," Ballin said.
"We continue to urge caution and patience in judging Desmond Mills’s actions. We are confident that the questions of whether Desmond crossed the lines that others crossed and whether he committed the crimes charged will be answered with a resounding no," Ballin added.
