Two paramedics and a fire department lieutenant fired after the murder of Tire Nichols
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BREAKING NEWS: Memphis Fire Department FIRES Two EMTs And Lieutenant Reported Fatal Beating Of Tire Nichols After They ‘Violated Numerous Protocols’ By Ignoring Police Brutality Victim As She Lay Dying
- The trio were called to assist Memphis police on January 7 after they chased down and arrested 29-year-old Tire Nichols following a traffic stop.
- Five members of the Memphis Police Department were fired last week for the fatal beating of a FedEx driver, and a sixth officer lost his job Monday.
- The three members of the fire brigade were fired for ignoring the protocol and actions that ‘do not meet expectations’
The Memphis Fire Department announced Monday night that three staff members had been fired for failing to help Tire Nichols as he lay dying after a police beating on January 7.
The trio consisted of two paramedics, Robert Long and JaMichael Sandridge, and Lt. Michelle Whitaker.
His firing comes hours after a sixth police officer, Preston Hemphill, was accused of losing his job. Hemphill was one of the officers who initially stopped Nichols at a traffic stop and fired the Taser at him as Nichols ran away. Hemphill was not on the scene when Nichols was caught and beaten to death.
Long and Sandridge arrived on the scene after Nichols was caught and beaten, in a vehicle driven by a driver, with Whitaker also inside.
She remained in the vehicle while Long and Sandridge got out to attend to the scene.
JaMichael Sandridge (left) and Robert Long, both fire department EMTs, were fired Monday after failing to treat the dying Tire Nichols.
Lt. Michelle Williams was also fired Monday night: she remained in the fire truck when they arrived on scene.
Tire Nichols, 29, was severely beaten like a “human piñata” by five Memphis, Tennessee police officers, all African-American, on January 7 and died three days later in hospital from kidney failure and cardiac arrest.