Memphis firefighters union defends EMTs in Tyre Nichols case, says they weren't given adequate information'

The president of the firefighters union in Memphis, Tennessee is defending the actions of EMTs involved in the Tyre Nichols case.In a letter to the Memphis City Council, Thomas Malone, president of the Memphis Fire Fighters Association, said his members were not given adequate information upon dispatch or upon arrival on the scene where Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, had been repeatedly punched and kicked by police after a traffic stop on January 7. Quite frankly, there was information withheld by those already on the scene which caused our members to handle things differently than they should have, Malone suggested.

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