The Memphis Police Department said Monday that a seventh police officer had been relieved of duty earlier this month in relation to an ongoing investigation into the traffic-stop death of Tyre Nichols.
The officer, who was not identified, was suspended alongside, a white 26-year-old who was allegedly recorded yelling, “I hope they stomp his ass,” as Nichols ran from Hemphill’s colleagues as they beat him.
Hemphill and “the other officer’s actions and inactions have been and continue to be the subject of this investigation since its inception,” according to a department statement. It was unclear why the seventh officer’s identity was not disclosed. Hemphill and the unidentified officer are not facing charges in Nichols’ death, unlike
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