TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 8, 2023

Shelby County Criminal Court Judge James Jones Jr. today signed an order blocking the release of nearly 20 hours of additional footage from the scene where Tyre Nichols was beaten by multiple Memphis police officers in early January, as well as accompanying charging documents. Jones wrote in his order that public release will “be delayed until such time as the state and the defendants have reviewed this information,” the Commercial Appeal reports. The Memphis Police Department and the Shelby County District Attorney's office supported release of the information. The motion to block it came from Blake Ballin, the attorney representing Desmond Mills Jr. — one of five officers charged in Nichols’ death. The other four officers also signed onto the petition.