“I didn’t know what it was,” said Jesse Guy, a paramedic with the Memphis Fire Department. “A couple of the officers were huddled up talking amongst each other, and it made me question things. I just wanted to go on and get him off the scene.”
Prosecutors entered two pieces of evidence: the photo of Tyre Nichols and a text-message exchange.
Martin’s testimony also included that fellow officer Demetrius Haley “escalated” the traffic stop when he pulled Nichols out of the car.
Ritz’s resignation follows his confirmation by the U.S. Senate Monday, Sept. 16, as a federal appeals court judge.
Auto burglaries have become so common near the Southaven-Whitehaven border, city officials might deny a business wanting to occupy an empty building near Stateline Road and Airways Boulevard.
A man who allegedly fled from a stolen car in Frayser appeared in court Wednesday on charges of evading arrest and property theft.
Schools will dismiss at normal times, though after-school activities are canceled for Sept. 18, according to a social media post made by MSCS.
The new station is a part of the city’s plan for “aggressive growth of our police operation,” said Mayor Darren Musselwhite.
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.”
While searching the suspect’s Neshoba North home, marijuana plants and items to manufacture and sell it were found.
Martin testified he was “seeing red” the day the 29-year-old was beaten.
Police say the carjacking suspect fired shots at officers during a foot pursuit. TBI is reviewing the shooting.
Alleged Railgarten shooter is back behind bars after a previous bail decision was reversed.
After the judge ruled, the jury was brought in for the first time in the day, and examination continued for Larnce Wright, the Memphis Police Department officer who trained those charged in Tyre Nichols’ death.
Justin Timberlake pleaded guilty to impaired driving Friday, resolving the criminal case stemming from his June arrest in New York’s Hamptons.
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. Related content:
“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.
A nurse practitioner who treated Tyre Nichols at St. Francis Hospital described the moment the victim’s mother arrived at the hospital and saw her son for the first time after the beating.
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.
The pop star and Millington native will appear in court Friday.
The prosecution and the defense approved of the jury Tuesday, Sept. 10, after a two-day jury selection process.
The judge used the same two primary questions for potential jurors Tuesday as he did Monday, asking their opinions of a jurors’ characteristics and for an example of bias or prejudice.
A slew of former MPD officers, including those who responded to the scene the night Nichols was beaten and the two former officers who have already pleaded guilty in the case, are on the list of 42 potential witnesses.
The jury handed down its verdict for Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith on Thursday, Oct. 3, the climax of a nearly four-week federal trial.
In his opening remarks, U.S. District Judge Mark Norris, who is presiding over the case, highlighted the weightiness of the proceedings to come.