Here's what we know about rumors that Tyre Nichols and an officer who's charged in his murder allegedly had a connection prior to the traffic stop — supposedly through the cop's ex-girlfriend or ex-wife. 👇
The January 2023 death of a Black man in Memphis, Tennessee, after a severe beating by police officers, resulted in a flurry of unsubstantiated rumors online.Tyre Nichols at a traffic light on suspicion of reckless driving. This encounter resulted in a"confrontation" in which the police said he ran away before he was ultimately arrested. However, Nichols' family said he had suffered a severe beating at the hands of these officers, which ultimately caused his death three days later.
One tweet from @Sirmaejor, a purported civil rights activist, stated,"BREAKING NEWS: I am being told that Tyre Nichols was in a relationship with and worked at a Memphis @FedEx with #MemphisPolice Demetrius Halys's [sic] ex-girlfriend & baby mama. After the beating Officer Halys [sic] took a pictures of #TyreNichols face and sent it to his babymama."
Yet another viral tweet from self-described social media influencer Kenny Akers repeated the claims and added,"The big word here....... 'Allegedly!' my full intention is to hopefully get whatever assumptions are on the table and information to the proper authorities and they can conduct a thorough investigation...
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