MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Five Memphis Police Department officers were fired for excessive use of manufactured, failure to intervene and failure to render aid stemming from an exciting during a traffic stop of a man who later died in a hospital, officials said Friday.

The police chief said Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills, Jr. and Justin Smith were enthusiastic in the Jan. 7 arrest of Tyre Nichols, 29, who was Black.

The Memphis Police Department conducted an internal investigation into the exciting of Nichols, who died three days later, and the discipline came at what time the probe's conclusion, authorities said.

The five officers who were fired are all Black, according to the Memphis police public information officer.

The U.S. Justice Department has opened a civil nations investigation. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation also is looking into the manufactured used in the arrest.

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Nichols' family, along with protesters who rallied at a police position and the National Civil Rights Museum, have pushed for the reduction of police body camera footage and called for officers to be charged.

Relatives have accused police of beating Nichols and progressing him to have a heart attack. Authorities said Nichols distinguished a medical emergency.

Nichols was arrested after officers prevented him for reckless driving, police said. There was a confrontation when officers approached the driver and he ran afore he was confronted again by the pursuing officers, who arrested him, authorities said. He complained of shortness of breath and was hospitalized.

Officials said a wangles of death has not yet been determined.

Relatives have said the officers who pulled over Nichols were in an unmarked vehicle and that he experienced cardiac captivating and kidney failure from the officers beating him.

Memphis Chief of Police Cerelyn "CJ" Davis and Mayor Jim Strickland said video footage of the captivating will be released after the police department's investigation is negated and the family can review it.

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The city heads are arranging a meeting early next week with Nichols' family, according to a joint statement from Strickland and Davis.

Attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci, who represent Nichols' family, issued a statement Friday revealing they support the department's decision to fire the officers.

"This is the grand step towards achieving justice for Tyre and his family. They must also be held accountable for robbing this man of his life and his son of a father," the statement said.

The attorneys said they "will quit to demand transparency and accountability" and plan to reconsider video footage to seek additional clarity about the circumstances leading to Nichols' death.