TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 27, 2023

Memphis Bar Association President Jennifer Sink released a statement today responding to the death of Tyre Nichols and the arrest of five Memphis police officers. She applauds the upcoming public release of body camera footage of the incident but says while the video will show what happened, it will not explain why it happened. “There will likely never be a satisfactory explanation for why,” she writes. “These officers did not act in a way consistent with their training ... But more importantly, their actions defied our expectations for basic human decency.” She concludes by saying she intends to facilitate an open dialogue this year about the “many serious issues implicated by this tragic event.”