10 things you need to know today: January 27, 2023

Five fired Memphis police officers charged with murder in Tyre Nichols' death, National Archives asks ex-presidents to look for classified documents, and more

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1. 5 fired Memphis police officers face murder charges in Tyre Nichols' death

Five fired Memphis Police officers — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith — were charged with second-degree murder, kidnapping, and other offenses on Thursday for the death of Tyre Nichols, who died earlier this month three days after a traffic stop that ended in what police described as a "confrontation." Nichols — who was Black, as are the ex-officers — "suffered extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating," according to preliminary findings of an autopsy commissioned by his family. Authorities called for calm ahead of the planned Friday release of police body-camera video. David Rausch, director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, said the recordings are "absolutely appalling. This was wrong, this was criminal."

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.