Memphis

The Memphis Police Department blasted Demetrius Haley and four other officers as “blatantly unprofessional”

The officer, Demetrius Haley, stood over the victim as he lay propped against a police car and took photographs

A growing desperation to fill hundreds of slots in recent years drove the department to increase incentives and lower its standards

Preston Hemphill had been suspended as he was investigated for his role in the Jan. 7 arrest of the 29-year-old, who died in a hospital three days later

‘We should not delay. And we will not be denied,’ Kamala Harris said to applause in Memphis, Tennessee. ‘It is non-negotiable’

Kamala Harris said the beating of the 29-year-old by five Black officers was a violent act and has called for reforms such as a ban on no-knock warrants

Such squads frequently wear street clothes and often are involved in a disproportionate number of violent incidents and civilian complaints

The vice president will be joined by former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a senior adviser to the president for public engagement, and Mitch Landrieu, a White House senior advisor

Officer Preston Hemphill, who is white, was relieved of duty shortly after the Jan. 7 arrest, the department said

‘I thought it was terrible. He was in such trouble. He was just being pummeled,’ said the former president

The young Black man died in Memphis, three days after being beaten by five police officers – all of them African-American – with the violent arrest being caught on video. The ambulance took 22 minutes to arrive on the scene

Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis said she listened to Nichols’ relatives, community leaders and uninvolved officers in making the decision

The video released Friday renewed questions about how fatal encounters with law enforcement continue even after repeated calls for change

The footage shows police savagely beating the 29-year-old FedEx worker for three minutes while screaming profanities at him throughout the attack

The 29-year-old father, was on his way home from taking pictures of the sky on Jan. 7, when police pulled him over

The young father was brutally beaten by five Memphis police officers in an encounter that is recorded by police body cameras

The officers, all of whom are Black, were charged Thursday with murder and other crimes in the killing

The police chief has called the actions of the officers involved in the violent arrest ‘heinous, reckless and inhumane’

Relatives have accused the officers of beating the 29-year-old and causing him to have a heart attack and kidney failure

More than a thousand people gathered on the front lawn of the Memphis home to remember the life of the singer-songwriter

The civil rights activist, gunned down in Memphis in 1968 as he advocated for better pay and working conditions for the city’s sanitation workers, would have celebrated his 94th birthday Sunday