Five former Memphis police officers are facing federal civil rights charges tied to the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols, who was killed after a traffic stop in January.
A federal grand jury returned the four-count indictment Tuesday, Sept. 12. It accuses the five defendants of depriving Nichols’ rights through unreasonable force and failure to intervene, as well as deliberate indifference to his medical needs. The officers are also charged with conspiring to cover up their use of unlawful force and committing obstruction.
The first two counts, unreasonable force and deliberate indifference,...
A federal grand jury returned the four-count indictment Tuesday, Sept. 12. It accuses the five defendants of depriving Nichols’ rights through unreasonable force and failure to intervene, as well as deliberate indifference to his medical needs. The officers are also charged with conspiring to cover up their use of unlawful force and committing obstruction.
The first two counts, unreasonable force and deliberate indifference,...
- 9/12/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The five Memphis police officers charged with second-degree murder in the death of Tyre Nichols all pleaded not guilty at their arraignment hearing Friday.
Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith all pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault, and official misconduct and oppression for their role in the attack on Nichols during a Jan. 7 traffic stop.
Even before the release of the bodycam footage of Nichols’ traffic stop, lawyers for former police officers Emmitt Martin III and Desmond Mills Jr.
Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith all pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault, and official misconduct and oppression for their role in the attack on Nichols during a Jan. 7 traffic stop.
Even before the release of the bodycam footage of Nichols’ traffic stop, lawyers for former police officers Emmitt Martin III and Desmond Mills Jr.
- 2/17/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
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