The Latest Breaking News from Desmond Mills Jr

A judge has ruled that sentencings for five former Memphis police officers convicted of federal charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols will take place after an April state court trial on second-degree murder

A federal investigation has found that the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers after he ran away from a traffic stop in 2023 exposed serious problems in the Memphis Police Department, from the use of excessive force to the mistreatment of Black people in the majority-Black city

The city of Memphis says will not agree to negotiate federal oversight of its police department until can review and challenge results of a yet-to-be-released Department of Justice investigation into how its officers use force and treat minorities

A judge has scheduled a trial for April for three former Memphis police officers charged with murder in the beating of Tyre Nichols

A federal judge has ruled that two former Memphis police officers convicted of obstruction of justice in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols will be released from jail ahead of sentencing in January

Officers convicted of witness tampering but cleared of higher charges, in incident that prompted nationwide protests.

Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith convicted of witness tampering in 2023 beating death

Federal trial underway for former Memphis officers accused of violating civil rights in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.

The future of three former Memphis officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols is in the hands of a jury after weeks of testimony in federal court

A friend of one of the former Memphis police officers standing trial in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols has testified that he's a kind-hearted, humble person who did his job “by the book.”

An FBI agent who interviewed two former Memphis police officers who are on trial in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols’ has testified that they accepted accountability for participating