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Was it Personal? Authorities Investigating Rumor That Tyre Nichols Was in a Relationship With Officer's Ex
pjmedia.com ^ | 2/2/2023 | Athena Thorne

Posted on 02/02/2023 11:52:11 AM PST by rktman

(More on an earlier post)

It began with a rumor.

Sir Maejor, an ethnically black actor and model with a fair complexion due to albinism, tweeted Monday that “I am being told that Tyre Nichols was in a relationship with and worked at a Memphis @FedEx with #MemphisPolice Demetrius Halys’s ex-girlfriend & baby mama.” Not only that, but “After the beating Officer Halys took a pictures of #TyreNichols face and sent it to his babymama.”

The following day, Maejor added a disclaimer in all caps: “THIS IS MERELY SPECULATIONS AND OR A RUMOR AT THIS POINT — THIS INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED.” This statement comported with what I assumed to be the case — that Twitter is full of unfounded rumors and nonsense, and that it was kind of tacky to be spreading stories about a man who had just suffered a horrific death.

And yet the very fact that a member in good standing of the black community would even post such a thing made me wonder if it might be true. So I dug a little bit and quickly found that the story was being reported by none other than Newsweek. Not only that, the outlet revealed that the Memphis Police Dept. (MPD) was investigating the issue:

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Philosophy; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: babymama; rumors
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To: rktman

Does that mean the KGB has to take back their Tiki Torch crew?


21 posted on 02/02/2023 12:17:52 PM PST by bray ("The Republic of Texas" explains everything )
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To: blackdog

“the victims criminal record”

That’s because the victim did not have a criminal record.

He was apparently just an ordinary person who landed a good job with FedEx.

IDK if he was high or not, only that the cops said he was.


22 posted on 02/02/2023 12:21:57 PM PST by packagingguy
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To: bankwalker

They’re comrades in color, emboldened by being on police force.
Whites do it too.

Bad egg(s) in all jobs.


23 posted on 02/02/2023 12:22:38 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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To: blackdog

It’s already been stated that the victim had no criminal record. The tox report from the ME is useless because Mr. Nichols was in ICU for three days before passing. The ER tox screen and medical records are far more germane.

This man died in hospital, so he has a death certificate signed by the attending physician with a cause of death on it.

The family stated he died of kidney failure and cardiac arrest, so I am assuming that is what the doctors told the family.

I think the cops may have injured his kidneys to the point of failure. He was a skinny guy with no body fat and not much muscle to absorb any of the force of the blows.


24 posted on 02/02/2023 12:22:59 PM PST by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: proxy_user

Blues never lie.


25 posted on 02/02/2023 12:24:42 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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To: bankwalker
if so, then why did the others participate?

Same reason the whole pack of dogs attack when one gets in a fight.

26 posted on 02/02/2023 12:27:54 PM PST by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: Valpal1

Kidney failure and cardiac arrest brought on by an unnecessary beating.
10 police couldn’t get the vic’s hands behind his body to cuff? Come on man!
They wanted to him and wanted him good.


27 posted on 02/02/2023 12:30:05 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

It does look that way.


28 posted on 02/02/2023 12:33:27 PM PST by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: bk1000
“ an ethnically black actor and model with a fair complexion due to albinism,”
Oh come on! This is getting pathetically ridiculous.


“Sir Maejor”

29 posted on 02/02/2023 1:10:25 PM PST by Rio
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To: Red Badger; All

Yes it is, Since the Memphis PD has stated the reckless driving charge was fictional it would seem these men had staked the street as they knew the victim would be using it to get to get home. In other words an ambush. There has to be a reason. That would explain why Nichols was not ‘cooperative’ when stopped. He recognized one of the cops as his current GFs ex.


30 posted on 02/02/2023 1:52:08 PM PST by robowombat ( )
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To: bk1000

White black man?🤔


31 posted on 02/02/2023 2:12:56 PM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: proxy_user
The lady’s family has said the report is not true. Whether they knew about what she was up to is another question.

We may know soon enough.

I read another article today the ex boyfriend may have taken photos after the beat down and sent them to the baby mamma.

32 posted on 02/02/2023 2:32:43 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: Rio

I bet he’s happy to be here instead of Africa, where he would be murdered, and perhaps eaten, because of his albinism. Oh, that’s happened in jolly old England, too.


33 posted on 02/02/2023 2:33:20 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: rktman

The version of Newsweek that exist online today is not the same aa the print version that existed for many decades.


34 posted on 02/02/2023 2:40:50 PM PST by grundle
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To: rktman

I saw some news earlier today that one of the cops sent a picture of the beaten and dying Tyre to his ex-wife from the scene of the crime. Then it disappeared. Maybe it was fake news.


35 posted on 02/02/2023 3:08:25 PM PST by Doctor Congo
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To: rktman

Either way, thug cops gonna thug cop.


36 posted on 02/02/2023 4:14:44 PM PST by nonliberal (Z.)
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