Officer In Nichols Arrest Accused Of Brutality At Prison

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Years before a Memphis police officer pulled Tyre Nichols from his car on Jan. 7, the officer was accused of taking part in the savage beating of an inmate at a county prison. The 2015 assault of the inmate was so disturbing, 34 other prisoners signed a letter to the corrections director. The warning is the clearest indication yet that one of the five officers involved in the beating of Nichols had an event in his past that should have raised concerns before he was hired as a police officer. Nichols died three days after the beating.