Demetrius Haley didn't tell Tyre Nichols why he'd been pulled over. The Memphis cop was talking on the phone during the stop, documents show.

Wed, 02/08/2023 - 14:53

Former Memphis officers officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, bottom row, from left, Desmond Mills, Jr. and Justin Smith. — Demetrius Haley is one of five former Memphis police officers charged with murder in Tyre Nichols' death.
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Former Memphis officer Demetrius Haley never told Tyre Nichols why he was pulled over.
Department records say Haley approached Nichols while talking on the phone in a black hoodie.
He yelled profanities, despite no evidence that Nichols ever swore at or threatened officers.

When Tyre Nichols was pulled over at E. Raines and Ross roads in Memphis on January 7, a Memphis officer wearing a black hoodie jumped out of his unmarked car and approached him yelling profanities while talking on the phone, according to a police decertification record provided to Insider.