There are 31 article(s) tagged Tyre Nichols trial:

• September 2024

  • Trial testimony continues: Martin continues testimony

    Martin testified he was “seeing red” the day the 29-year-old was beaten. 

    By Julia Baker September 18, 2024

  • Emmitt Martin III testifies he was warned about level of aggression

    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.”

    By Julia Baker September 17, 2024

  • Defense continues questioning of MPD trainer

    Tadarrius Bean’s defense attorney continued his cross-examination of a Memphis police trainer.

    By Aarron Fleming September 16, 2024

  • Former MPD officer takes the stand in his own trial

    Demetrius Haley’s testimony came amid a tense argument over whether prosecutors should be able to admit as evidence forms that the former police officers filled out after Tyre Nichols’ beating. 

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    By Aarron Fleming September 13, 2024

  • MPD trainer talks use-of-force policy at Nichols trial

    “I taught them if they don’t follow the policies, they could go to federal prison,” a Memphis Police lieutenant who trained the former officers said in the courtroom Thursday.

    By Aarron Fleming September 12, 2024

  • Officers pummeled Tyre Nichols because he fled, a form of ‘run tax,’ prosecutor says

    Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Rogers used the term “run tax” — police slang for disciplining a subject who tries to escape — during her opening statements in federal court Wednesday. 

    By The Associated Press September 11, 2024