Tyre Nichols’s death after police encounter was ‘failing of basic humanity’, says Memphis chief

Memphis police chief says January traffic stop that preceded man's death was heinous, reckless, and inhumane'

The police chief of Memphis, Tennessee has described the circumstances surrounding the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died three days after a 7 January encounter with police, heinous, reckless, and inhumane".

Aside from being your chief of police, I am a citizen of this community, we share; I am a mother, I am a caring human being who wants the best for all of us; this is not just a professional failing," CJ Davis said in a video statement released on YouTube.