A former Memphis police officer who has pleaded guilty to violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights testified in tears Tuesday, saying that he made Nichols’ young son fatherless, and that he’s sorry and wishes he had stopped the punches.

Desmond Mills Jr., who testified against his former colleagues, broke down in court, saying, “I made his child fatherless.”

A former Memphis police officer cried on the stand Tuesday as he watched footage of himself and his former colleagues beating Tyre Nichols.

A former Memphis police officer who has pleaded guilty to violating Tyre Nichols' civil rights has testified that he was looking to leave a crime suppression unit because he was unhappy with the hostility team members were showing citizens,

The second week of the Tyre Nichols trial saw a range of witnesses testify to the failures that factored into his death and to MPD's culutre.

On January 7th, 2023, what should have been nothing more than a routine traffic stop turned violent when 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, a black man, was pulled over by Memphis police officers. Body camera footage showed that Nichols was pulled out of his vehicle,

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.

A former Memphis police supervisor says there was “no need” for five officers to punch, kick, and hit Tyre Nichols with a baton on the night he was fatally beaten after a traffic stop

Multiple former Memphis police officers condemned the policing tactics of their own department during high-profile testimony this week in the federal trial against three officers who participated in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols on Jan.