DOJ announces it will review Memphis Police Department following Tyre Nichols' death as more video will be released

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The Department of Justice will perform a review of the Memphis Police Department after the deadly police beating of Tyre Nichols, the department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services announced Wednesday, ahead of the expected release of about 20 more hours of footage from Nichols’ January encounter with police. Memphis Police Department officers were 'impeding care' of Tyre Nichols, EMT says The city’s internal investigations into the beatings have finished, so the city intends to release the additional video footage Wednesday afternoon, Memphis Chief Legal Officer Jennifer Sink told a city council committee Tuesday morning. Shortly after video of Nichols’ arrest was released in January, Memphis police announced the unit would be permanently deactivated as a sign the department was taking “proactive steps in the healing process for all impacted

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