There are 12 article(s) tagged Emmitt Martin III:

• February 2025

  • Former officer charged in Tyre Nichols’ death taken into federal custody

    Emmitt Martin III, who pleaded guilty last year at the federal level to his role in Nichols’ death, turned himself in Thursday after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

    By Aarron Fleming February 20, 2025

• January 2025

  • Sentencing delayed for former Memphis police in Nichols case

    The five former Memphis police officers charged in the beating death of Tyre Nichols are set to be sentenced in federal court this summer 

    By Aarron Fleming January 17, 2025

• November 2024

  • Sentencing delayed for former officer charged in Nichols’ death

    The federal sentencing date for one of the former police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols has been rescheduled for early 2025.

    By Aarron Fleming November 29, 2024

  • Former officer charged in Nichols’ death to be tried separately

    “Emmitt Martin and the state are playing games. They are pretending he is a co-defendant when he is in fact a cooperating witness,” said a lawyer representing one of the other officers charged.

    By Aarron Fleming November 25, 2024

• 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

• August 2024

  • Second officer in Tyre Nichols’ death enters guilty plea

    Emmitt Martin III was facing a maximum of life in prison, but prosecutors are recommending he serve 40 years. U.S. District Judge Mark S. Norris does not have to follow that recommendation.

    By Aarron Fleming, Julia Baker August 23, 2024

  • Second officer charged in Nichols’ death to take deal in federal case

    The change of plea comes after a federal judge ruled Tyre Nichols’ young son must be represented by someone besides his grandmother’s attorneys in the civil rights lawsuit against the City of Memphis. 

    By Aarron Fleming August 22, 2024

• January 2024

  • One year later: Where do the Tyre Nichols cases stand now?

    Five former Memphis Police Department officers received state and federal charges for their alleged roles in Tyre Nichols’ death. They were also named as defendants in a civil wrongful death suit Nichols’ family filed. Here’s where their cases stand.

    By Aarron Fleming January 10, 2024

• September 2023

  • Five indicted former officers won’t be a part of Tyre Nichols civil suit

    The five are defendants in both the criminal and civil cases. 

    By Samuel Hardiman, Aarron Fleming September 22, 2023

  • ‘A place where justice is done:’ DOJ announces federal indictment of former MPD officers

    “Effective policing requires public trust,” said Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.

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    Five former officers in Tyre Nichols case federally indicted

    By Julia Baker, Ben Wheeler, Aarron Fleming September 12, 2023

  • Prosecutors ask court to keep former cops accused of killing Tyre Nichols together for trial

    Of the five officers charged in Nichols’ death, three so far have filed motions to separate their cases.

    By Aarron Fleming September 08, 2023