Police caught up with Nichols a short distance away, where additional video clips show him repeatedly punching, kicking and pelting officers with batons, before Nichols was handcuffed and placed on the side of a police vehicle Is. He died three days later from his injuries while being hospitalized.
Responding to an incident originally dispatched as “a person pepper sprayed”, according to the fire department’s timeline, Long and Sandridge “failed to conduct an adequate patient assessment” when they arrived minutes after the beating at 8:41 p.m. Nichols arrived at End.
Instead, after an initial “conversation” with Nichols, two EMTs called an ambulance team, which arrived at the scene at 8:55 p.m. and eventually “initiated patient care,” the fire department said in its statement. . Nichols was taken to the hospital a short time later.
Chief Sweatt said the “actions or inaction” of Long, Sandridge and Whitaker at the scene that night did not meet the expectations of the Memphis Fire Department.
In addition to the seven police officers and three fire department personnel involved in the Nichols encounter, two Shelby County Sheriff’s personnel have also been relieved of duty pending an internal review, Sheriff Floyd Bonner said last Friday after the video was released. Told.
The Shelby County District Attorney’s investigation is examining the roles played by all individuals involved in the Nichols traffic stop and its immediate aftermath, including Hemphill Memphis Fire Department personnel and “those responsible for documenting the incident,” the office said in a statement. ” Are included.
The special Scorpion police unit that included five Memphis officers charged with murder in the case was disbanded by the city Saturday. It was not immediately clear whether the sixth and seventh officers under investigation were from that unit.