{"id":1833814,"date":"2023-02-03T09:51:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T14:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1833814"},"modified":"2023-02-03T09:56:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T14:56:51","slug":"authorities-investigating-rumor-that-tyre-nichols-was-in-a-relationship-with-officers-ex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authorities-investigating-rumor-that-tyre-nichols-was-in-a-relationship-with-officers-ex\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities Investigating Rumor That Tyre Nichols Was in a Relationship With Officer&#8217;s Ex"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fauthorities-investigating-rumor-that-tyre-nichols-was-in-a-relationship-with-officers-ex%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1833814&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5562b01d-a85e-486b-96d0-f0d8be6a7031-1052x615-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>It started as a rumor.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Maejor, an ethnically-black actor and model with fair skin due albinism, <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/sirmaejor\/status\/1620123014619860993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tweet<\/a> Monday \u201cI am being told that Tyre Nichols was in a relationship with and worked at a Memphis @FedEx\u00a0with #MemphisPolice Demetrius Halys\u2019s ex-girlfriend &#038; baby mama.\u201d This is not all. \u201cAfter the beating Officer Halys took a pictures of #TyreNichols face and sent it to his babymama.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maejor added another day. <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/sirmaejor\/status\/1620389197214543873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disclaimer<\/a> In all caps \u201cTHIS IS MERELY SPECULATIONS AND OR A RUMOR AT THIS POINT \u2014 THIS INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED.\u201d This statement comported with what I assumed to be the case \u2014 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.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the mere fact that someone in good standing would post such a thing made it seem possible. So I did some digging and found the truth of the story. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/crime\/tyre-nichols-connection-to-cops-ex-wife-under-investigation\/ar-AA16ZY7r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was being reported<\/a> By none other than <em>Newsweek<\/em>. The outlet also revealed that the Memphis Police Department was investigating the matter. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), was looking into the matter:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Memphis <a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Police<\/a> Department is currently investigating rumors regarding a possible connection between Tyre Nichols and the ex-wife or ex-girlfriend of one of the Memphis cops arrested and charged in Nichols\u2019 death.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday morning, <em>Newsweek<\/em> asked the Shelby County district attorney\u2019s office if it is investigating possible rumors connecting Nichols to the ex-girlfriend or ex-wife of former Memphis cop Demetrius Haley. Additionally, <em>Newsweek<\/em> Questioned about rumors Haley may have sent Nichols photos following the violent arrest of the Black man aged 29.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of this is still under investigation. Those are the things, along with the participation of others, that [are] now the subject of our investigation,\u201d A spokesperson for Shelby County&#8217;s district attorney said <em>Newsweek<\/em> As a response.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Newsweek<\/em> later spoke with the Shelby County district attorney\u2019s office communications director, Erica Williams, who told them, \u201cWe know that there have been questions about other officers and Fire Department personnel on the scene, persons remotely operating cameras, the potential of false reporting, among other things. We are now at the stage of our investigation where we are looking into all of these matters.\u201d Williams added: \u201cAt this time none of those accusations are confirmed. However, nothing is off the table as this is a very active investigation\u2014and still early in the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/lincolnbrown\/2023\/01\/30\/two-officers-involved-in-tyre-nichols-death-were-hired-after-memphis-pd-lowered-recruiting-standards-n1666199\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Two officers involved in Tyre Nichols&#8217; Death were hired after Memphis PD reduced Recruiting Standards.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The rumors immediately triggered reactions from people who claimed they\u2019d had a hunch there was more to the story. Commenters on Maejor\u2019s original post wrote things like, \u201cI said this to my colleagues on day 1 of the video\u2019s release. It was 100% personal and involving a woman. Guess we\u2019ll see,\u201d  \u201cI\u2019ve said this from the moment I saw the video. Didn\u2019t know the whole of it but knew it had to be about one of the cops [sic] family. I was guessing a sister. As soon as the video showed the cops standing Nichols up. Just one cop beat him in a circle,\u201d  \u201cI thought it was personal after watching the video too,\u201d  \u201cIt sure did seem they were after him for personal reasons. Absolutely sickening what they did.\u201d Additionally, critics have been pointing out that there has yet to be given a good explanation for the initial traffic stop \u2014 another detail that could be explained as the personal targeting of Nichols.<\/p>\n<p>Is the rumor true? Tyre Nichols\u2019 stepfather,\u00a0Rodney Wells, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/tyre-nichols-family-dismisses-rumor-memphis-mans-beating-death-after-police-stop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asserted<\/a> That \u201cMy son was not messing around with one of the officer\u2019s wives\u201d Monday. That does not address the issue of whether he was in a relationship with Officer\u00a0Demetrius Haley\u2019s <em>Ex<\/em>, however.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alcaprari23\/status\/1620510477523783681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1620510477523783681%7Ctwgr%5E1a253f8d7ec199fae9f36fb8a8181fea249563d2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Ftyre-nichols-connection-memphis-cop-demetrius-haley-ex-wife-under-investigation-1778300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nichols family lawyer<\/a> The attorney insists that the rumor is false. And a\u00a0spokesman for the attorney \u201cAlso said whether Tyre was specifically targeted or not, it does not change the fact that the assault on Tyre was a gross abuse of power by several MPD officers who contributed to his beating and eventual death,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alcaprari23\/status\/1620510481046999040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According<\/a> Alex Caprariello is a NewsNation reporter. \u201cThat is the focus of their investigation and legal proceedings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, but even more so \u2014 beyond the wrangling over sordid rumors, personal grudges, laying blame, and political appropriation of a tragedy \u2014 there remains a young man who suffered and died and his surviving family members who will carry a crushing burden all their remaining days. Pray for them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It started as a rumor. Sir Maejor, an ethnically-black actor and model with fair skin due albinism, Tweet Monday \u201cI am being told that Tyre Nichols was in a relationship with and worked at a Memphis @FedEx\u00a0with #MemphisPolice Demetrius Halys\u2019s ex-girlfriend &#038; baby mama.\u201d This is not all. \u201cAfter the beating Officer Halys took a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1833817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5992,4055,16774,6452,5406,14962,16773],"class_list":["post-1833814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-authorities","tag-investigating","tag-nichols","tag-officers","tag-relationship","tag-rumor","tag-tyre"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1833814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1833817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1833814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1833814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1833814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}