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Posted by: Paul Burch on Nov 3, 2023

Shelby County Criminal Court Judge James Jones Jr. ordered the release of additional records in the Tyre Nichols state criminal case, the Commercial Appeal reports. The records were initially to be released by the city of Memphis in March, but Jones agreed to a motion to block the release until the defense attorneys had reviewed them. The records have been the subject of litigation from a coalition of news media outlets that asked for the records to be released quickly. According to the city of Memphis and the Shelby County District Attorney's Office, the records include more than 20 hours of additional audio and video footage from the night Nichols was beaten by now-former officers with the Memphis Police Department, as well as over 2,000 documents including personnel files and statements made during internal investigations.