The officer who pulled Tyre Nichols from his car before police fatally beat him never explained why he was being stopped, documents show.
A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses the same officers now charged with murdering Nichols, 29, with also violating the rights of another man from the same neighbourhood as Nichols during a similarly violent arrest three days before Nichols’ arrest.Article content
Photos of Harris’ face taken after his release on bail about nine days later show thick scabs on his forehead and a healing black eye. Her aunt recorded the encounter. Then police stopped her aunt and brother while they followed a squad car as it took Townes to a hospital. Townes said she was never charged with anything.
“You never told the driver the purpose of the vehicle stop or that he was under arrest,” the documents state. In a letter from Smith included in his file, he defended his conduct, stating that Nichols was “violent and would not comply.”
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