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The Lead with Jake Tapper

Sixth officer relieved of duty after Tyre Nichols’ death

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

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3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

A sixth officer in the Tyre Nichols case has been received of duty. We examine this officer’s role in the death of Tyre Nichols and what his body camera shows. Plus, new calls for calm in the Middle East as America’s top diplomat visits the region amid an outbreak of violence in Israel and Palestine. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Now, a sixth officer in the Tyree Nichols case has been relieved of duty the lead starts

0:08.1

right now.

0:09.9

Memphis Police take new action taking yet another cop off the streets.

0:14.5

What we know about this officer's role in the death of Tyree Nichols and what his body

0:18.4

camera shows.

0:20.3

And new urgent calls for calm after violence in the Middle East claims more than a dozen

0:25.7

lives in just the last few days.

0:27.9

A path to peace from the Biden administration as America's top diplomat visits the region.

0:33.6

Plus a woman kidnapped, beaten, and tortured, the police say the man responsible may be

0:39.0

using dating apps to find his ex-fickling.

0:47.1

Welcome to the lead on Alex Marquard, Jake Tapper is on assignment.

0:50.1

We do start today with our national lead, a sixth officer involved in the arrest of Tyree

0:54.9

Nichols has now been relieved of duty.

0:57.4

Memphis police say that officer Preston Hemphill has not been fired.

1:01.4

He is on leave while the investigation unfolds.

1:04.5

A source confirms that Hemphill was part of that same scorpion police unit as the other

1:09.6

five officers who were fired and were charged with murder.

1:13.3

And the local district attorney says Hemphill could face charges as well.

1:17.2

Hemphill's lawyer confirms that this footage from the police encounter with Nichols is from

1:22.4

Hemphill's body camera.

1:23.4

It shows Hemphill firing his taser at Nichols during that initial police stop.

1:28.6

That warning it may be difficult to watch.

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