Tag: Mills, Desmond Jr (Memphis, Tenn, Police Officer)

Former Memphis Officer Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges in Tyre Nichols’s Death

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 […]

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Five Former Officers Indicted on Federal Charges in Tyre Nichols Case

Five former Memphis police officers accused of brutally beating Tyre Nichols have been indicted on federal criminal charges of civil rights offenses, obstruction and witness tampering in connection with Mr. Nichols’s death in January, the Justice Department said on Tuesday. The charges, brought in the Federal District Court in Memphis against each of the five […]

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