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Here is a timeline of events in the death of Tyre Nichols. (Published 2023)
By Anushka Patil
3 Memphis EMTs fired for their response to the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols
By Doha Madani
Black Memphis police spark dialogue on systemic racism in the U.S.
By Robert Klemko, Emily Davies & Silvia Foster-Frau
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Scorpion Unit Emerged as Memphis Police Pursued Get-Tough Strategy (Published 2023)
By Mark Walker, Joseph Goldstein & Jesus A. Jimenez
The Police Folklore That Helped Kill Tyre Nichols
By David Kirkpatrick
Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis fired from previous Atlanta job after botched sex crimes probe
By Isabel Vincent
Former Memphis police officer on the SCORPION unit and the fired cops charged in Tyre Nichols' death
By Pat Milton & Chrissy Hallowell
Black police officers aren’t colorblind – they’re infected by the same anti-Black bias as American society and police in general
By Rashad Shabazz
Tyre Nichols: Memphis reckons with murder charges for black officers
By Holly Honderich & Chelsea Bailey
Video shows police kicking, pepper spraying, beating Tyre Nichols after traffic stop
By Katherine Burgess
What would have saved Tyre Nichols’ life? | Derecka Purnell
By Derecka Purnell
Memphis police permanently disband unit tied to deadly beating of Tyre Nichols
By Shawn Nottingham, Christina Maxouris & Andy Rose
What is the Scorpion unit? Tyre Nichols’s family attorney decries the group.
By Dan Rosenzweig-ziff & Robert Klemko
7 officers involved in Tyre Nichols' death relieved of duty, 3 Memphis FD members fired
By Ivan Pereira & Emily Shapiro
Tyre Nichols’ Death: How Black Officers Alone Can’t Stop Brutal Policing
By Wilbert L. Cooper & Jamiles Lartey
When the officers are Black: Tyre Nichols' death raises tough questions about race in policing
By Jessica Guynn & Rick Jervis
Tyre Nichols' death, and a mother's pain
By Lee Cowan
Mostly peaceful protests held across the U.S. after release of Tyre Nichols footage
By Giulia Heyward
First police report in Tyre Nichols case does not match video of deadly beating
By Holly Yan, Nick Valencia & Nouran Salahieh
Memphis cops charged in Tyre Nichols murder hired after PD relaxed job requirements
By Matthew Sedacca Levine
A Timeline of Tyre Nichols’s Lethal Police Encounter (Published 2023)
By Jason Kao, Robin Stein & Christoph Koettl
The killing of Tyre Nichols was heinous and shocking. It was also not an aberration | Simon Balto
By Simon Balto
A brutal beating. Cries for his mom. 23-minute delay in aid. Here are the key revelations from the Tyre Nichols police videos
By Christina Maxouris
Opinion | Tyre Nichols’s Death Proves Yet Again That ‘Elite’ Police Units Are a Disaster (Published 2023)
By Radley Balko
‘Shortness of breath’: How police first described what happened to Tyre Nichols
By Dan Rosenzweig-ziff & Justine McDaniel
Public outrage over Nichols’ beating collides with Washington bureaucracy on police reform
By Paul LeBlanc
What was the SCORPION unit, the now-deactivated police task force at the center of Tyre Nichols’ death?
By Meredith Deliso & Ivan Pereira
Two More Memphis Police Officers Are Suspended in Tyre Nichols’s Death (Published 2023)
By Jessica Jaglois & Rick Rojas
Initial Police Report on Tyre Nichols Arrest Is Contradicted by Videos (Published 2023)
By Jessica Jaglois, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs & Mitch Smith
In the death of Tyre Nichols, 7th Memphis police officer is ‘relieved of duty’
By Tim Stelloh & Antonio Planas
7th officer relieved of duty and 3 first responders fired after Tyre Nichols' death
By Jaclyn M. Diaz
3 fire personnel are terminated and 2 other Memphis officers were placed on leave over Tyre Nichols’ deadly beating, officials say
By Mark Morales, Steve Almasy & Holly Yan
Unanswered questions from videos of Tyre Nichols' arrest
By Robin Levinson-King
Tyre Nichols case revives calls for change in police culture
By Aaron Morrison
Memphis deactivates the unit that fatally beat Tyre Nichols, as officials urge reform
By Joe Hernandez
Tyre Nichols: Police unit is disbanded after death
By George Wright & Chelsea Bailey