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Juvenile Court was scheduled to resume in-person proceedings after being closed for more than five months for mold and lead remediation. But those hearings will be virtual after Shelby County Sheriff’s Office says it will no longer transport youths.
Officers leaving the force cite various reasons, including better pay and working conditions in other towns. One said, “We’re only reactive there (in Memphis), unfortunately, because crime has ballooned out so big, you can’t be proactive.”
Shelby County Criminal Court Division 10 Judge Jennifer Mitchell set the date for Hernandez Govan. She also set a Nov. 22 deadline for a potential plea deal.
The ruling reverses a trial court decision on a 2023 Tennessee law by Shelby County judge Paula Skahan.
Shelby County General Sessions Criminal Court Division 8 Judge Lee Wilson and Lead Judicial Commissioner John Marshall discussed bail setting during a Memphis Shelby Crime Commission virtual discussion Thursday, Oct. 3.
Defense attorneys representing the three defendants made their closing arguments Wednesday afternoon and continued through 7:20 p.m.
Rev. Autura Eason-Williams was described as “a bridge” between people as her friends and family told the court Monday what her death meant to them.
“He’s always shown a character of humility, and that’s always stuck with me,” Bryant McKinney said. “Because no matter how good he did at something, he always was humble about the situation.”
A retired police chief from the Gallatin Police Department testified one former MPD officer went through the appropriate use-of-force continuum the night of Tyre Nichols’ fatal beating.
The prosecution in the federal trial against three officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols rested its case after hearing testimony from its 19th and final witness, a former ER nurse at Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis.
Demetrius Haley moved for acquittal Thursday, joining Justin Smith and Tadarrius Bean who filed their motions for acquittal earlier in the afternoon.
The Juvenile Court building, 616 Adams Ave., has been closed since April 25 for asbestos, lead and mold remediation.
Testimony on Thursday, Sept. 26, unveiled texts and statements, one in which a former Memphis officer charged in the case said he felt it was his fault Tyre Nichols died.
“‘The radio sounds better than how the camera looks,’” Desmond Mills Jr. recalled Lt. Dewayne Smith saying of the Nichols footage.
Desmond Mills Jr. testified Wednesday he was afraid of telling the truth because, “I’d be sitting in the exact seat I’m sitting in now.”
“I wish I could have stopped the punches,” Desmond Mills Jr. said. “It hurt to watch. … I felt bad every time his picture’s on the screen and to know I’m a part of that.”
Desmond Mills Jr., one of the cops who previously pleaded guilty in the death of Tyre Nichols, began his testimony Tuesday, Sept. 24, in the federal trial against the three former police officers.
Both witnesses said they deleted the Nichols photo. “I didn’t want that in my phone,” said one.
Former Lt. Dewayne Smith told prosecutor Kathryn E. Gilbert that he was unaware of any physical violence after the Tyre Nichols traffic stop.
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said detectives executed a felony warrant in Nashville for threats of mass violence at a school. Related content:
“I didn’t know what it was,” said Jesse Guy, a paramedic with the Memphis Fire Department. “A couple of the officers were huddled up talking amongst each other, and it made me question things. I just wanted to go on and get him off the scene.”
Prosecutors entered two pieces of evidence: the photo of Tyre Nichols and a text-message exchange.
Martin testified he was “seeing red” the day the 29-year-old was beaten.
Martin’s testimony also included that fellow officer Demetrius Haley “escalated” the traffic stop when he pulled Nichols out of the car.
Martin testified that a lieutenant reviewed the footage with him to tell him to “turn your level of aggression off when it’s time to.”