Nichols’ attorneys want civil trial pushed until late 2026
Tyré Nichols’ mother, RowVaughn Wells, claps at a rally for Tyre Nichols at the National Civil Rights Museum May 8, 2025. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
The requested trial date would be more than three and a half years after five now-former Memphis Police officers beat Tyré Nichols, who later died from his injuries.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He began his journalism career at the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he covered business and, later, K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on Elon Musk’s xAI, regional energy needs and how Memphis and Shelby County government spend taxpayer dollars.
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