Officer took and shared photos of bloodied Tyre Nichols, documents say
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Demetrius Haley sent photographs of Nichols to other officers and a female acquaintance
Newly released documents in the case of the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police last month provide a scathing account of what authorities called the blatantly unprofessional" conduct of five officers, and include new revelations about how one of them took and shared pictures of the bloodied victim.
The officer, Demetrius Haley, stood over Nichols as he lay propped against a police car after the assault, and took photographs, which Haley sent to other officers and a female acquaintance, according to documents released by the Tennessee peace officers standards and training commission on Tuesday.
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