Seven Memphis police officers have been relieved from duty after the city released graphic footage of five officers fatally beating Tyre Nichols. Also in the news: The death toll in a suicide mosque bombing in Pakistan has risen to at least 88 and a look at whether schools should ban artificial intelligence tool ChatGBT over cheating risks.
Let's go with Tuesday's headlines.
Seventh Memphis police officer relieved of duty
Authorities announced that a total of seven Memphis Police officers were relieved of duty this month after law enforcement brutally beat, Tased and pepper sprayed 29-year-old Tyre Nichols after pulling him over. Nichols died on Jan. 10, just three days after the traffic stop. The seven officers include the five who were fired and charged with murder.
The latest: The seventh officer’s identity has not been released, but the "actions and inactions" of Officer Preston Hemphill, who was placed on leave, and another officer "have been and continue to be the subject of this investigation since its inception on January 8, 2023," said a news release from the police department.
In the body camera footage that was taken from Hemphill's point of view, according to his defense attorney, officers can be heard yelling at Nichols to get out of his car before they are seen forcibly removing him from the car. Officers hold Nichols down and are hit by pepper spray that was deployed by another officer. The camera shakes as Nichols runs and an officer, identified as...
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