TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 3, 2023

The board overseeing Tennessee's emergency medical services voted today to suspend the licenses of two Memphis Fire Department personnel for not providing on-scene medical treatment to Tyre Nichols after police officers beat him. EMTs Robert Long and JaMicheal Sandridge were called to the scene to treat Nichols' injuries, but in a 19-minute video they are seen standing around Nichols, sometimes pacing. Matthew Gibbs, an attorney for the Tennessee Department of Health asked for the suspensions. The Tennessean reports on the proceeding.