The Memphis Police Department has today suspended another officer in the beating death of Tyre Nichols. His name is Preston Hemphill.
In addition to the other violent animals who murdered mister Nichols Preston Hemphill was removed quietly. Hemphill deployed his Taser during the confrontation. In his own body camera video, Hemphill is seen chasing Nichols down the road but then turns back to the scene of the initial traffic stop.
Many people are naively shocked at the speed with which the five black cops were terminated and charged with second-degree murder. As I maintained, there is no reason to be surprised. It would be surprising if they weren’t thrown out and allowed to fend for themselves based on their skin color.
Juxtapose that with the way Preston Hemphill’s involvement is being handled and. Hemphill was heard on his body camera video saying twice, “I hope they stomp his a – .” Hemphill, who is white, has not been fired or charged. Hemphill “was relieved when the other officers were relieved,” a Memphis police spokesperson said on Monday.
Attorneys for Nichols’ family, Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci, said they were extremely disappointed that Hemphill was relieved of duty but not fired or charged. The lawyers are also questioning why the Memphis police did not immediately announce Hemphill’s name or that he was relieved of duty.
“Why is his identity and the role he played in Tyre’s death just now coming to light?” they said in a statement. “We have asked from the beginning that the Memphis Police Department be transparent with the family and the community — this news seems to indicate that they haven’t risen to the occasion. It certainly begs the question why the white officer involved in this brutal attack was shielded and protected from the public eye, and to date, from sufficient discipline and accountability. The Memphis Police Department owes us all answers.”(ABC NEWS REPORTED)