TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 6, 2023

A previously unnamed Memphis police officer was fired from the Memphis Police Department in February for failing to intervene in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, new records show. Through a public records request, the Commercial Appeal obtained information from the Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission that shows Adrian Blakes was fired on Feb. 23, about a month after the first five former officers were fired and charged. According to the paper, the records show that that Blakes lied to investigators about witnessing the beating.