A 6th Memphis officer is taken off the force after the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols

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Two emergency medical technicians and a fire department lieutenant have been terminated over their response to Nichols’ January 7 encounter with members of a now-disbanded unit of the police department, Memphis Fire Chief Gina Sweat said Monday. Tyre Nichols was a son and father who enjoyed skateboarding and photography, his family says The Shelby County district attorney’s office said each of the five fired officers face seven counts, including: second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated kidnapping in possession of a deadly weapon, official misconduct and official oppression. Correction: An earlier version of this story had the wrong first name for Tyre Nichols

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