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Desmond Mills Jr. agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of excessive force and obstruction of justice, as well as related state charges related to death of Nichols in January, the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office said.
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The indictment lists four separate counts including, excessive force, failure to intervene, deliberate indifference, conspiracy to witness tamper, and witness tampering.
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The family of Tyre Nichols has now filed a $550-million lawsuit against the City of Memphis, the police chief, the officers charged with his death, and others.
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Just as every cop, when they pin on that badge in the morning, has a right to be able to go home at night, so does everybody else out there. Our children have a right to come home safely,” Biden said.
Read More →"In my judgment not a single kick, punch, baton strike, Taser activation, or use of pepper spray can be justified under the law," Dunphy writes.
Read More →Tyre Nichols allegedly fled from officers following a traffic stop. After a brief foot pursuit, five Memphis police officers caught up to Mr. Nichols and beat him so badly he had to be hospitalized.
Read More →Former officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith, Emmitt Martin III and Desmond Mills, Jr. have all been charged with one count of second-degree murder, aggravated assault-acting in concert, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, two counts of official misconduct and one count of official oppression, court records show.
Read More →The GBI says they referred the case to DA T. Wright Barksdale, who says he won't take the case to a grand jury.
Read More →The report says the deputies closed the rear driver’s side door but did not properly close the rear passenger side door.
Read More →A federal appeals court ruled in January that "qualified immunity" should not protect the officers from potential liability resulting from the death of Timpa, a man with mental illness who died after being restrained for nearly 14 minutes by the officers.
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