A civil rights investigation into the death of a 29-year-old man who passed away three days after being stopped by Memphis police has been opened, according to federal investigators on Wednesday.
An investigation into the officers involved in the traffic stop that led to Tyre Nichols being taken to a hospital in critical condition was announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the FBI Memphis Field Office, and the Justice Department’s civil rights division.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Memphis Police Department are the main authorities on what transpired during the stop on January 7 and how Nichols was hurt. After two “confrontations” with police on January 7, Nichols, a resident of Memphis, passed away on January 10.
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Nichols, who grew up in Sacramento enmeshed in skater culture and with a love for photography, was father to a 4-year-old son. On Jan. 7 he was pulled over in a traffic stop and severely beaten for three minutes by five police officers on since-released body camera footage.
