Tyre Nichols Post-mortem Reveals Loss of life From Blunt Pressure Trauma

Indicators are positioned on the steps of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church on the morning of Tyre Nichols’ funeral on February 1, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee (Lucy Garrett/Getty Pictures).

The upsetting post-mortem for Tyre Nichols has been revealed. On Wednesday (Could 3), a health worker’s report reviewed by the 29-year-old’s household states that Nichols’ reason behind loss of life was blunt pressure trauma, including that the style of loss of life was murder.

Based on NBC News, the Nichols household was briefed on post-mortem outcomes by Steve Mulroy, the district legal professional.

“The authorized group representing the household of Tyre Nichols acknowledges the discharge of the health worker’s report, the contents of that are extremely in keeping with our personal reporting again in January of this 12 months,” mentioned attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci in a joint assertion. “We all know now what we knew then.”

“The official post-mortem report additional propels our dedication to searching for justice for this mindless tragedy,” the assertion concluded. The Nichols household is now searching for $550 million in a federal lawsuit in opposition to town of Memphis.

In video footage, Nichols was seen being crushed throughout a January 7 site visitors cease by 5 Memphis police officers. A number of officers, together with the 5 proven within the video – Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith – have been fired within the wake of Nichols’ loss of life. The 5 officers have been then charged with a number of counts, together with second-degree homicide, to which they pleaded not responsible in February.

The month prior, a forensic pathologist employed by the Nichols’ household discovered that Nichols “suffered in depth bleeding attributable to a extreme beating,” based on the household attorneys. The pathologist additionally mentioned that the person’s accidents have been “in keeping with what the household and attorneys witnessed on the video of his deadly encounter with police.”