Federal trial date moved for former officers charged in Tyre Nichols death
Former Memphis Police officer Emmitt Martin III and his lawyers enter the Odell Horton Federal Building on Nov. 14, 2023. During a hearing on Thursday, Feb. 8, U.S. District Judge Mark Norris, who is overseeing the case, granted an unopposed motion from lawyers for Martin. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The federal trial for four of the former police officers accused of killing Tyre Nichols last year has been pushed back four months.
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Tyre NicholsAarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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