WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump fanatic who assaulted officers with pepper spray and called for additional violence after the Capitol attack as he confessed in the third person was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison and fined $200,000 on Thursday. Ryan Nichols pleaded guilty in November to one felony count of obstruction […]
MENASHA — Voters chose Austin Hammond, who moved to the city three years ago, as their next mayor. At age 26, Hammond becomes the youngest Menasha mayor in history, besting former Mayor Joe Laux, who was 31 when he was elected in 1988. “I’m overwhelmed with gratitude and joy that folks trusted me with their […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed off on the repeal of police traffic stop reforms made in Memphis after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers in January 2023, despite pleas from Nichols’ parents to GOP lawmakers and the governor to give them a chance to find compromise. The […]
MENASHA — Mayoral candidate Austin Hammond continues to outpace candidate Rebecca Nichols in fundraising and spending ahead of Tuesday’s election. Hammond has accumulated $11,829 for his campaign, according to the latest campaign finance reports filed with the city clerk’s office. The total includes $4,507 in the most recent reporting period, which ran from Feb. 6 to March 18. He has […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Republicans moved Thursday to overrule a change to the policing of Memphis, Tennessee, traffic laws that was a direct response to the death of Tyre Nichols, who was fatally beaten by officers last year during a traffic stop. A new Memphis law, supported by Nichols’ family and seen by many as […]
Rodney and RowVaughn Wells, the parents of Tyre Nichols, attend a session of the Tennessee legislature on March 4 in Nashville. Nichols was beaten by five Memphis police officers during a traffic stop and died of his injuries in January 2023. George Walker IV via Associated Press The Tennessee Senate on Thursday passed a bill […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Tennessee House lawmakers on Thursday advanced a bill to undo the reforms to police traffic stops made by the city of Memphis in response to the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers last January. Republicans held the vote as Democrats accused Memphis Republican Rep. John Gillespie of being misleading […]
Five additional Memphis Police officers violated department policy — but were not fired — following the arrest of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died three days after a severe beating at the hands of Memphis officers last year, according to hundreds of pages of documents recently released by the city. Nichols died on Jan. […]
Memphis officials released 21 additional hours of footage from the night the police beat 29-year-old Tyre Nichols. The additional footage was released on Jan. 30 and includes body-camera footage as well as audio and surveillance video from the fatal beating. Nichols died on Jan. 10, 2023, three days after he was severely beaten and shocked […]
Though it did not provide much additional detail about why Tyre Nichols was pulled over, the newly released footage of his beating offered a look at how some Memphis police officers viewed members of the SCORPION Unit. Other footage showed attitudes that officers from the Memphis Police Department had the night Nichols was beaten. Footage […]
The city of Memphis in Tennessee released hours of additional video and audio on Tuesday in the case of five former police officers charged with the violent beating and death of Tyre Nichols last January. The files were made public based on a judge’s order from November 2, the same day former officer Desmond Mills […]
Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis, who was at the helm when Tyre Nichols was beaten to death by five cops a year ago, will not be reappointed after the city council’s executive committee voted not to keep her. Nichols’ death three days after a traffic stop that saw him jolted with a stun gun, […]