Tennessee Gov. Lee signs bill to undo Memphis traffic stop reforms after Tyre Nichols death

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday approved the repeal of police traffic stop reforms enacted in Memphis following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in 2023.

"I think what’s most important for us to remember is that we can give law enforcement tools, but we’ve got to hold law enforcement to a standard of using those tools appropriately, where there’s an appropriate interaction with the public," Lee told reporters Friday, earlier this month of his decision to sign the bill. "That’s not what we understand has happened all the time, and certainly their family would attest to that."