Ex Officer Charged In Tyre Nichols Death A Former CT Resident

CONNECTICUT — A former Connecticut resident is one of several officers that was fired and charged with murder in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis.

Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, died after a Jan. 7 traffic stop turned into a brutal attack from five Black officers. All five have been fired and charged with second-degree murder, kidnapping and other crimes.

Former officer Desmond Mills Jr. graduated from Bloomfield High School in 2008, according to Hearst CT Media.

Family and lawyers have said that the video will show Nichols being beaten for three minutes, according to the Associated Press. Nichols was listed in critical condition after the incident and died three days later.

About an hour of body camera video is expected to be released Friday. Lead investigator David Rausch with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations called the officers’ actions appalling and sickening, according to the New York Times. Nichols’ family members have urged people to protest peacefully.

Ben Crump, an attorney for Nichols family, urged the state to create a law that would require police to intervene when witness a crime being committed by a fellow officer, according to CNN.