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☆ Man pleads guilty to killing Memphis kindergarten teacher who was kidnapped on her morning run
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The Tennessee man charged with kidnapping and killing a kindergarten teacher during a morning run two years ago pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, officials said Monday. Cleotha Abston, 40, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, for the Sept. 2, 2022, murder of Eliza Fletcher, 34, the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. Memphis Police DepartmentFletcher, a mother of two, had gone for a run near the University of Memphis when Abston forced her into his vehicle. Abston was linked to Fletcher's death through surveillance video and forensic evidence, the prosecutor’s office said. Abston’s lawyer, Juni Ganguli, said he had advised Abston to accept an agreement with prosecutors.

Persons: Cleotha Abston, Eliza Fletcher, Memphis Police Department Fletcher, Abston, “, Liza, would’ve, ” Abston, Prosecutors, Juni Ganguli Organizations: Attorney’s, Memphis Police Department, University of Memphis, Associated Press, AP Locations: Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis

Three former Memphis police officers were convicted Thursday of federal witness tampering charges related to the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols in 2023, according to NBC News affiliate WMC. Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith and Taddarius Bean were accused of depriving Nichols of his rights through excessive force, obstructing justice through witness tampering and other crimes. Haley was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to witness tamper and one count of obstruction of justice for witness tampering. Bean and Smith were found guilty on only one count, obstruction of justice for witness tampering, WMC reported. The witness tampering charges carry possible sentences of up to 20 years in prison.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A disgraced former Memphis police officer cried on the stand Tuesday as he watched video of him and his former colleagues giving Tyre Nichols the brutal beating that led to his death. Mills’ jarring and emotional testimony came during the trial of Bean, Smith and Demetrius Haley. Mills testified that he became incensed after his first encounter with Nichols because he had inadvertently sprayed himself with pepper spray. Last week, Martin testified that he initiated the bogus reckless driving traffic stop of Nichols. Nichols, Martin testified, never posed a threat when they yanked him out of his car.

Persons: —, Tyre Nichols, Desmond Mills Jr, Nichols, “, ”, ” Mills, Tadarrius Bean, Justin Smith, Emmitt Martin III, Mills, fatherless, I’m, ” Nichols, Bean, Smith, Demetrius Haley, Martin, Forrest Christian, Haley, ” Martin, Jerry Askin, Lydian, Corky Siemaszko Organizations: Memphis Police Department, AP Locations: MEMPHIS, Tenn, Memphis, New York City

☆ Tyre Nichols: Ex-officer testifies he beat ‘helpless’ Nichols then lied about it
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Ex-officer testifies, ‘He was helpless’Prosecutor Kathryn Gilbert asked Martin whether officers were allowed to use force out of anger. In this still from video released by the City of Memphis, officers from the Memphis Police Department beat Tyre Nichols on a street corner. Martin said he told Lt. Smith that Nichols was high, without evidence, and that officers lied about Nichols driving into oncoming traffic and swinging at them during the traffic stop. The truth needs to come out,” Martin told Gilbert. While Martin was away from his team, Justin Smith called and Martin told him he was having homicidal thoughts, Martin said.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police officers violated protocol when they used excessive force against Tyre Nichols and overstated his actions, a former officer who has pleaded guilty in the case testified. Tyre Nichols. “Because I exaggerated what he had done … and it escalated,” Martin said, adding that officers violated protocol by pursuing a nonviolent offender. Martin, the first former officer to testify at their trial, and Desmond Mills Jr., have pleaded guilty to the federal charges. I was seeing red.”After Nichols was stopped, Martin said Haley brandished his gun and told Nichols to “get the f--- out of the car.” Martin then pulled out his gun before Haley snatched Nichols from the car.

Persons: Tyre Nichols, Emmitt Martin III, Nichols, Martin, Ben Crump, ” Martin, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith, Desmond Mills Jr, Kathryn Gilbert, “, ”, Haley brandished, Haley, Black, Rebecca Byrd, Deon J Organizations: — Police, Former Memphis, Memphis Police Department Locations: MEMPHIS, Tenn, Our, Memphis, Hampton, Denver

☆ Tyre Nichols trial update: Former officer testifies
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The four men, along with fellow officer Desmond Mills Jr., were fired after the January 2023 death of Nichols. For the first time in the trial, jurors heard from one of the officers who beat Nichols. Haley eventually stopped Nichols’ Nissan, pulled out his gun and snatched Nichols from his vehicle without telling Nichols why he was stopped. Former officer: Memphis officers are not trained to punch or kick peopleVideo also shows the officers milling about and talking as Nichols struggles with his injuries. In this still from video released by the City of Memphis, officers from the Memphis Police Department beat Tyre Nichols on a street corner.

Persons: Tyre Nichols, Emmitt Martin III, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith, Nichols, Desmond Mills Jr, Martin, Mills, —, Ben Crump, Haley, Nissan, ” Martin, Jan, Elizabeth Rogers, “, Larnce Wright, Wright, Martin Zummach, handcuff Nichols, Zummach, Smith, ” Zummach, ” Kevin Whitmore, Bean’s, ” Wright Organizations: Tennessee AP, Memphis, Scorpion, Memphis police, City, Memphis Police Department Locations: Memphis, Tennessee, City of Memphis, City

☆ Opening statements are set in the trial of 3 ex-Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Opening statements were expected Wednesday in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with federal civil rights violations in the January 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols. Police video released that month showed the five officers, who also are Black, beating Nichols as he yelled for his mother about a block from his home. The officers said Nichols was pulled over for reckless driving, but Memphis’ police chief has said there is no evidence to substantiate that claim. The three officers now facing trial, along with Martin and Mills, were fired for violating Memphis Police Department policies. They had been members of a crime suppression team called the Scorpion Unit, which was disbanded after Nichols’ death.

Persons: Tyre Nichols, Nichols, Mark Norris, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr, Black, Martin, Mills, Preston Hemphill, pummeled, Hemphill, Dewayne Smith, Bill Lee, “, Lee Organizations: Memphis, Prosecutors, U.S, District, Police, Former Memphis, FedEx, Memphis Police Department, Scorpion Unit, Tennessee Gov, Republican Locations: MEMPHIS, Tenn, Memphis

☆ Trial of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols' death set to begin
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday in the federal trial of three former Memphis officers charged with violating the civil rights of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old man whose fatal beating was caught on police cameras while also triggering protests and calls for police reform. Officers caught up with Nichols and pummeled him in a Memphis neighborhood, police video showed. An autopsy report showed Nichols died from blows to the head and that the manner of death was homicide. The three officers now facing trial, along with Emmitt Martin III and Desmond Mills Jr., were fired after Nichols’ death for violating Memphis Police Department policies. Mills and Martin both have pleaded guilty in federal court and they could testify in the trial.

Persons: Tyre Nichols, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith, Nichols, pummeled, Lucy Garrett, Black, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr, Mills, Martin Organizations: Memphis, Mississippi, Christian Church, FedEx, Memphis Police Department Locations: MEMPHIS, Tenn, Memphis

A second former Memphis police officer is expected to change his not guilty plea on Friday in connection to alleged civil rights violations that ended in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, court documents revealed. A change of plea hearing for former officer Emmitt Martin has been set for 2 p.m. CT in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Mark Norris, records showed. Back in November, another former Memphis officer, Desmond Mills Jr., changed his plea to guilty to federal charges of excessive force and obstruction of justice. Memphis Police Department via APThe 29-year-old Nichols died in the hospital several days following a traffic stop on Jan. 7, 2023. Officers reportedly pulled over Nichols for reckless driving, but Memphis police later said there was no evidence to support a stop.

Persons: Tyre Nichols, Emmitt Martin, Mark Norris, Desmond Mills Jr, Emmitt Martin III, Nichols, — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith —, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Daunte Wright Organizations: Memphis, District, Memphis Police Department Locations: U.S, Memphis

CNN —A second former Memphis police officer facing federal civil rights charges in the violent arrest and beating death of Tyre Nichols changed his plea to guilty on Friday in federal court. Mills and Martin are among five former officers charged in the death of Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man. He admitted he “willfully used unreasonable force against Tyre Nichols,” “aided and abetted” other officers in assaulting Nichols and “failed to intervene” in other officers’ use of force. Police said the unit was permanently deactivated shortly after Nichols’ death. The beating and Nichols’ death led to protests and vigils in Memphis and other major US cities, reigniting the contentious debate over policing and the ways that law enforcement treat Black people.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Relatives of Tyre Nichols, George Floyd and Eric Garner — three Black men killed in violent confrontations with police officers — expressed frustration Friday with politicians who have failed to pass police reform legislation or have worked to invalidate laws intended to reduce chances that citizens' encounters with police end in death. Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, told an audience at a police violence symposium in Memphis that the time has come for Congress to pass a federal law that would ban certain police tactics such as chokeholds and no-knock warrants. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, proposed after Floyd died in Minneapolis in May 2020 after a white police officer pressed his knee to his neck for more than nine minutes, was passed by the House in 2021, but the Senate failed to reach a consensus. “You need to know your politicians ... because these are people that are not applying pressure to help,” Floyd said. Nichols' parents said they are seeking to meet with Lee, who has never vetoed a bill.

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☆ Republicans Move to Block a Policing Change Made After Tyre Nichols’s Death
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Emily Cochrane | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The NewsTennessee Republicans moved on Thursday to overrule a change to the policing of Memphis traffic laws that was a direct response to the death of Tyre Nichols, who was fatally beaten by officers last year during a traffic stop. A new Memphis law, supported by Mr. Nichols’s family and seen by many as a crucial reform in the weeks after his death, had prevented the police from intervening over more minor traffic offenses, such as a broken taillight. BackgroundThe legislation does not directly name Memphis or the law, which was overwhelmingly approved by the City Council after Mr. Nichols’s death last January. But the Memphis Republicans who led the push to override the ordinance explicitly criticized it as an impediment to controlling crime. It remains unclear why Mr. Nichols was stopped.

Persons: Tyre Nichols, Nichols’s, Bill Lee, Nichols Organizations: News Tennessee Republicans, Republican, Gov, City, Memphis Republicans, Police, Memphis Police Department Locations: Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge on Thursday pushed back for four months the federal court trial of four former Memphis police officers charged with civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols. Officers caught up with Nichols and punched him, kicked him and hit him with a police baton, video showed. An autopsy report showed Nichols died from blows to the head, and that the manner of death was homicide. Along with Martin, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith were fired after Nichols’ death. Norris ruled last week against Haley's motion to exclude expert testimony at the federal trial.

Persons: —, Tyre Nichols, Mark Norris, Norris, Stephen Ross Johnson, Emmitt Martin, ” Johnson, “, yanked Nichols, Nichols, Martin, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr, Justin Smith, Mills, Black, Michael Stengel, Stengel, ” Organizations: Memphis, District, Memphis ’, Memphis Police, U.S . Department Locations: MEMPHIS, Tenn, Memphis, United States

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The city of Memphis released hours of additional video and audio on Tuesday in the case of five fired police officers charged with the violent beating and death of Tyre Nichols last January. Police video released weeks after the killing showed the five officers beating Nichols as he yelled for his mother just steps from his house. That video also showed the officers milling about and talking with each other as Nichols sat on the ground, struggling with his injuries. The four who remain charged face federal trial in May and state court trial in August. Prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed that most police personnel records that pre-dated Nichols’ beating could be released.

Persons: Tyre Nichols, Desmond Mills Jr, Mills, — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin, Justin Smith —, Nichols, Black, Shelby, James Jones Jr, Garrity, Nichols ’ Organizations: Police, Associated Press, “, ”, Prosecutors, U.S . Department of Justice, Memphis Police Department, Justice Department Locations: MEMPHIS, Tenn, Memphis

WESTCLIFFE, Colo. (AP) — Authorities in Colorado hunted Tuesday for a man they believe shot and killed three people and critically wounded a fourth in a property dispute. The 45-year-old suspect was believed to be driving a white Ram 1500 pickup truck with a camper shell, according to a Facebook post from the Custer County Sheriff's Office. The shooting took place on the property line in a wooded area and began with “a suspected property dispute,” the Sheriff's Office said. Political Cartoons View All 1260 ImagesTwo men and a woman died at the scene and a fourth person was taken to a trauma center in critical condition but was expected to survive, the Sheriff's Office said. Four people were wounded Monday night when a gunman opened fire in a Walmart in Beavercreek, Ohio, before apparently killing himself, police said.

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The Camden County Sheriff's Office hired him nine months later. His file shows Aldridge was disciplined for using unnecessary force in February 2014 and May 2017. The department fired Aldridge for his third infraction just three months later. “It's just not worth the risk.”Bessent and other advocates say it’s an example of Camden County Sheriff Jim Proctor tolerating unnecessary violence. After one car crashes, body and dash camera video shows Aldridge shouting expletives as he approaches with his gun drawn.

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Officers found Mavis Christian Jr., 52, in his car during a manhunt following the shootings at three locations in Memphis that left three women and a teenage girl dead and critically wounded another teen girl. Memphis Police Department officers responded to a report of a shooting at 9:22 p.m. on the 100 Block of Howard Drive. At Field Lark Drive, a woman and a 13-year-old girl were killed and a 15-year-old girl was critically wounded. Another woman was found fatally shot on Warrington Road, Memphis Police Officer Christopher Williams said. Political Cartoons View All 1256 ImagesEach of the shootings was believed to be a domestic violence situation, the police said.

Persons: Mavis Christian Jr, Christopher Williams, Christian Organizations: Memphis Police Department, Howard, Howard Drive . Police, Warrington, Memphis Police, Police Locations: MEMPHIS, Tenn, Tennessee, Memphis, Howard Drive

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has set an August trial date for four former Memphis police officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop in January. During a short hearing on Monday, Shelby County Criminal Court Judge James Jones Jr. announced the Aug. 12 trial date in the cases of Emmitt Martin, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith. A fifth officer charged in the case, Desmond Mills Jr., pleaded guilty last week to federal charges of excessive force and obstruction of justice. The five former officers who were charged also are Black. The federal trial date for the four other officers is May 6.

Persons: —, Tyre Nichols, James Jones Jr, Emmitt Martin, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith, Desmond Mills Jr, Mills, Nichols, Jan Organizations: Memphis, Prosecutors, U.S, Memphis Police Department Locations: MEMPHIS, Tenn, Shelby

☆ Former Memphis Officer Agrees to Plead Guilty to Murder in Tyre Nichols Death
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Mariah Timms | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The former Memphis police officers accused of murder in the death of Tyre Nichols appeared with attorneys at a February hearing. Photo: Brandon Dill/Associated PressA former Memphis police officer agreed to plead guilty to murder charges in the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols in January as part of a deal reached Thursday with federal and state prosecutors. Desmond Mills Jr ., 33, accepted a plea deal on second-degree murder charges in the case against him and four other officers involved in the traffic stop that left Nichols beaten beyond recognition. He was also charged with aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression in the state case.

Persons: Tyre Nichols, Brandon Dill, Desmond Mills Jr, Nichols Organizations: Memphis, Associated Press

Desmond Mills Jr., one of five former Memphis police officers charged in connection with the brutal beating and death of Tyre Nichols, pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to two felony charges of obstruction of justice and excessive force. He is the first of the five officers indicted on federal charges by a grand jury in September to plead guilty. His cooperation is expected to include pleading guilty to at least some of the state charges, and potentially testifying against the other officers. The remaining four officers have all pleaded not guilty to both federal and state charges. Five Black officers from the department’s elite Scorpion unit, including Mr. Mills, were soon fired for their roles in the beating.

Persons: Desmond Mills Jr, Tyre Nichols, Mills, Nichols Organizations: Memphis, Prosecutors, Scorpion

[1/2] Desmond Mills Jr. with attorney Blake Ballin stand as five former Memphis police officers who have been charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols attend an arraignment hearing at Shelby County courthouse in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 1 (Reuters) - One of the five former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols has asked a U.S. District Court judge to change his plea of not guilty in the federal civil rights case, court records showed on Wednesday. The Daily Memphian, citing an interview with Ballin, said the plea would affect the state case against him. The officers also face a federal civil suit filed by civil rights lawyer Ben Crump on behalf of the family. The other officers charged in the case are Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Justin Smith and Tadarrius Bean.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — LGBTQ+ and civil rights advocates on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit challenging Tennessee's aggravated prostitution statute, arguing that the law stems from the decades-old AIDS scare and discriminates against HIV-positive people. The law was later reclassified in 2010 as a “violent sexual offense," requiring those convicted to face lifetime sex offender registration. Another plaintiff has struggled for years to find housing that complies with Tennessee's sex offender registry requirements. A separate plaintiff is currently incarcerated for violating a sex offender registry requirement and has chosen not to seek parole despite being eligible because complying with registry requirements has become so onerous. According to the complaint, 83 people are currently registered for aggravated prostitution in Tennessee.

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☆ Gershun Freeman: Nine Memphis deputies charged in death of Black man
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The parents of another man beaten in Memphis, Tyre Nichols, are in the center. "Let me be clear, no actions by any Shelby County Sheriff's Office employee caused Mr. Freeman's death ... I stand with these officers," Bonner said during the news conference, adding that the medical examiner determined that Freeman died from a pre-existing heart condition. The case has garnered more national attention since the Jan. 7 beating death of another Black man, Tyre Nichols, by Memphis police officers who are now charged with murder. Nashville-Davidson County District Attorney Glenn Funk is handling the case against the officers after Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy recused himself.

Persons: Ben Crump, Gershun Freeman, Tyre Nichols, Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner, Bonner, Freeman, Black, Glenn Funk, Steve Mulroy, Mulroy, Brendan O'Brien, Chizu Organizations: Shelby County Sheriff, Sheriff's, Memphis, Nashville, Thomson Locations: Shelby, Memphis , Tennessee, U.S, Memphis, Shelby County, Davidson, Chicago

☆ Five former Memphis police officers indicted in Tyre Nichols killing
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The five officers, all of whom are Black, were fired from the department. According to Tuesday's indictment, they have been charged with four federal counts including "Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law: Excessive Force and Failure to Intervene." The indictment says the five former officers provided "false and misleading information" and "intentionally omitted material information" in their communications with the Memphis Police Department in the reports about Nichols' arrest, the filing added. In July, the Justice Department opened an investigation into whether the Memphis Police Department has an unconstitutional "pattern or practice" of using excessive force and racial discrimination. The Justice Department said it had received multiple reports of Memphis officers using excessive force and reports they may use force against people who are already restrained or in police custody.

Persons: Tyre Nichols, Nichols, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin, Desmond Mills Jr, Justin Smith, Eric Beech, Kanishka Singh, Caitlin Webber Organizations: Memphis, Mason, : Church of God, Police, Force, Memphis Police Department, Justice Department, Thomson Locations: Memphis , Tennessee, U.S, WASHINGTON

☆ Five Former Officers Indicted on Federal Charges in Tyre Nichols Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Emily Cochrane | More About Emily Cochrane | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Five former Memphis police officers accused of brutally beating Tyre Nichols have been indicted on federal criminal charges in connection with Mr. Nichols’s death in January, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday. The four charges, handed up by a grand jury in the Federal District Court in Memphis, accuse each of the five men of various civil rights, conspiracy and obstruction offenses. The indictment says that the two offenses led to Mr. Nichols’s severe injuries and death. If convicted, the men could face up to life in prison on those two counts alone. The remaining two counts — both related to witness tampering and obstruction — are punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

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