Within the Fire Department, two emergency medical technicians and a lieutenant were fired, and a fourth employee was suspended, Ms. Sink said at the meeting. Details of the administrative charges and disciplinary decisions that were not previously announced were expected to be released along with the new video footage and audio.
Mr. Nichols, a 29-year-old FedEx worker and aspiring photographer, died three days after five officers repeatedly kicked, punched and beat him after pulling him over on the night of Jan. 7. The violence and callousness, captured on camera in videos that were released by the city almost three weeks later, shocked Memphis residents and people across the nation; it also exposed a pattern of intimidation and brutality by officers responsible for protecting the public.
The city has not released footage of the police stopping Mr. Nichols, who was Black, as he was driving home. Police officers initially said Mr. Nichols was driving recklessly, but some of the officers who pulled him over and chased him did not turn on their body cameras, or removed them during the encounter — a policy violation — according to police records.
The hour of body camera and surveillance footage that was released in late January instead showed in graphic detail how the stop became violent, as five officers, all Black men, forced Mr. Nichols from his car and threatened him, even though he did not appear to resist them. After one officer sprayed pepper spray at his face, Mr. Nichols broke away from them and ran toward his family’s house, which was nearby.
Officers soon caught up with Mr. Nichols and beat him for three minutes as he screamed for his mother and attempted to shield himself from their blows. According to internal affairs documents, one officer, Demetrius Haley, took a photo of Mr. Nichols, bloodied and propped up against a car, and sent it to at least five people.
Mr. Nichols was taken to a hospital, where he arrived in critical condition, and died three days later.
At a hearing last month, Mr. Bean, Mr. Haley, Mr. Martin, Mr. Mills and Mr. Smith pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges they face.
