TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 3, 2024

All defense attorneys have rested their cases in the trial of three former Memphis Police Department officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols. Jury deliberations began yesterday, according to the Daily Memphian. Defense lawyers argued their clients followed the appropriate use-of-force guidelines during Nichols’ attempted arrest and put forward witnesses to speak about the department’s use-of-force policy as well as the men’s character. The paper has daily reports from the trial.