The Memphis Fire Department has fired two emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and an emergency vehicle driver who responded to the scene of the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols by five city police officers following a traffic stop on Jan. 7.
Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who was pulled over while driving and died three days later, sits against a police car after being beaten by Memphis Police Department officers on January 7, 2023, in this still image from video released by Memphis Police Department on January 27, 2023. Memphis Police Department/Handout via REUTERS and an emergency vehicle driver who responded to the scene of the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols by five city police officers following a traffic stop on Jan. 7.
Meanwhile, officers have caught Nichols again at a second location. Over the next few minutes, officers brutally beat Nichols; several officers punch him and kick him in the head and he is hit with a baton.The EMTs arrive at the first location where the traffic stop took place in a fire department vehicle, and are directed by police at the scene to the second location, the department said.
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