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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Nov 2, 2023

Desmond Mills Jr., one of five former Memphis Police Department officers facing federal charges in the killing of Tyre Nichols, appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Mark S. Norris and pled guilty to civil rights and conspiracy charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office states in a press release. Mills pleaded guilty to counts one and three of the federal indictment, which dealt with the use of excessive force and conspiring to witness tamper; the other two counts were dismissed. The Daily Memphian reports that he also agreed to plead guilty to the state charges, which include second-degree murder, acting in concert of aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, two counts of official misconduct and one count of official oppression.