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1. 2 more Memphis officers relieved of duty over Tyre Nichols' death

The Memphis, Tennessee, Police Department announced Monday that the number of officers relieved of duty had risen to seven in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black motorist who died three days after several officers, also Black, beat him during a traffic stop. Five fired officers have been charged with second-degree murder and other crimes. A police spokesperson told The Commercial Appeal newspaper that another officer, Preston Hemphill, had been placed on leave since the start of an investigation into the Jan. 7 incident. The seventh officer was not immediately identified. The Memphis Fire Department said Monday it fired three employees for failing to do an "adequate patient assessment" on Nichols.

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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.