Desmond Mills weeps on witness stand: ‘Sorry can’t bring him back’
Former Memphis Police Department Officer Desmond Mills Jr., left, appears in Judge James Jones’ courtroom Sept. 15, 2023. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
“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.”
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A lifelong Memphian, Julia Baker graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.
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