Who is Emmitt Martin III? Ex-Memphis cop arrested for Tyre Nichols' death released on $250,000 bond
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE: Tyre Nichols, who died in an alleged heinous assault by five former police officers, cried for his mother before losing consciousness, as per police body cam. The Fed-Ex driver got into a heated argument with the police officers after he was stopped for violating traffic rules. The officers - Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr, and Justin Smith - were arrested and charged with second-degree murder, and other related charges by Shelby County authorities. The altercation that turned fatal took place on January 7, three days after which Nichols was reported dead, succumbing to his injuries at a hospital.
RowVaughn Wells, mother of Nichols said, her son was ‘beaten like a piñata.’ Anticipating violent protest as the authorities are set to release the police body cam recording the incident at 7 pm EST, on Friday, January 27, Wells said, “I don’t want us burning up our city, tearing up the streets, because that’s not what my son stood for. “If you guys are here for me and Tyre, then you will protest peacefully. You can get your point across but we don’t need to tear up our cities, people, because we do have to live in them,” the grief-stricken mother said.
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"They beat my son like a piñata. My son, he had Crohn's disease, he had surgery in 2013. My son weighed a buck 50."@donlemon speaks to Tyre Nichols' parents ahead of release of police beating video pic.twitter.com/GSzIGcKdP9
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Who is Emmitt Martin III?
A former Memphis police officer, Emmitt Martin III is currently facing second-degree murder charges for Tyre Nichols' death. He was hired by the Memphis Police Department in March 2018, and was also part of the department’s Scorpion Unit, which was designed to bring down street crime, and is officially called Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace In Our Neighborhood. The 30-year-old, black man, who is being represented by Bill Massey has been booked on other counts including official oppression, aggravated kidnapping while possessing a weapon, aggravated assault – acting in concert, official misconduct thru unauthorized exercising of official power, two counts of aggravated kidnapping causing bodily injury and two counts of official misconduct through failure to perform a duty imposed by law. Presently, he was released from Shelby County jail on a $250,000 bond along with co-accused Justin Smith, Desmond Mills Jr.
Cerelyn "CJ" Davis, the chief of police in Memphis, stated on Thursday, January 26, that she anticipated the public to be outraged by what she called the "heinous, reckless, and inhumane" behavior depicted in the video. She urged them to be calm as she expects protests all over the area, reports MEAWW.