A judge has scheduled a trial for April for three former Memphis police officers charged with murder in the beating of Tyre Nichols.

A federal judge has ruled that two former Memphis police officers convicted of obstruction of justice in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols will be released from jail ahead of sentencing in January.

The trial of three former Memphis officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols ended with a mixed verdict, surprising and perplexing some observers who questioned why the jury would acquit two of the officers on the most serious charges.

Three former Memphis police officers have been convicted in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, but were acquitted of the harshest charges they faced.

Closing arguments are underway in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights in a fatal beating.

A judge has considered arguments related to dozens of pages of instructions that will be given to jurors in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights in a beating that proved fatal following a 2023 traffic stop.

Lawyers for three former Memphis officers have rested their cases without calling them to testify in their defense against charges that they violated Tyre Nichols’ civil rights when he was fatally beaten after a 2023 traffic stop.

An FBI agent who interviewed two former Memphis police officers who are on trial in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols’ has testified that they accepted accountability for participating.

A former Memphis police officer has testified under a plea deal that he told his supervisor the arrest of Tyre Nichols was handled “by the book” because he wanted to protect his job and hide a beating that was ultimately fatal for Nichols.

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.

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.

Jurors in the trial of three former Memphis police officers charged in Tyre Nichol's fatal beating have seen video showing two EMTs standing around, doing nothing to help him as he sat bleeding on the ground.

A former Memphis police officer charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols sent his ex-girlfriend a photo of the badly injured man on the night he was punched, kicked and hit with a police baton following a traffic stop.

A former Memphis police officer has testified that he punched a “helpless” Tyre Nichols at least five times while two colleagues held his arms and urged him on during the January 2023 beating that led to his death.

A former Memphis police officer has testified in the trial of three former colleagues charged with federal civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols.

A police lieutenant has testified that three former Memphis police officers broke department rules when they failed to say that they punched and kicked Tyre Nichols on required forms submitted after the January 2023 fatal beating.

A police lieutenant has testified that three former officers charged in the beating death of Tyre Nichols did not comply with Memphis Police Department training policies when they punched, kicked and hit the 29-year-old motorist with a baton after a traffic stop.

Three former Memphis police officers charged in the beating death of Tyre Nichols stood by his body and laughed after pummeling him in an attack caught on video.

A jury has been selected in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with federal civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols.

Footage from Memphis police cameras show a starkly different scene of the January 2023 beating that ended Tyre Nichols' life than the reports from the officers who delivered the blows.

Potential jurors in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights are being asked whether heavy media coverage and video of him being beaten to death could influence their ability to be fair.

A second former Memphis police officer has pleaded guilty to civil rights violations in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.

A second former Memphis police officer charged with federal civil rights violations in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols last year is changing his not-guilty plea, in a case that sparked outrage and calls for police reform.

A federal judge is considering whether the eventual jury at the trial of four former Memphis police officers charged in the beating death of Tyre Nichols should hear evidence that Nichols had a hallucinogenic drug and stolen credit cards in his car that night.

Ronald Greene’s deadly arrest on a rural Louisiana roadside in 2019 sparked outrage after The Associated Press published long-suppressed body-camera video showing white state troopers stunning, beating and dragging the Black motorist as he wailed, “I’m scared!”.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed off on the repeal of Memphis police traffic stop reforms set in place after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers just over a year ago.

A judge has indefinitely postponed the state court trial of four former Memphis officers charged with second-degree murder in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols until after the conclusion of a federal court trial on civil rights violations.

Republican Tennessee House lawmakers have advanced a bill to undo the reforms to police traffic stops made by Memphis officials in response to the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers last January.

The city of Memphis has released additional documents tied to the January 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by five police officers, a brutal attack captured on video that sparked outrage and intensified calls for police reform.

A judge has pushed back for four months the federal court trial in the case of four former Memphis police officers charged with civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols.

Court documents show that Memphis Police Department trainers are prepared to testify in the federal civil rights case against four former Memphis police officers in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols that the officers used force inconsistent with their training and failed to prevent their colleagues from hurting him.

The city of Memphis Tennessee has released about 21 more hours of video and audio in the case of five former police officers charged with the violent beating and death of Tyre Nichols.

Officials say the Memphis police chief who was in charge when Tyre Nichols was fatally beaten by five officers will serve on an interim basis under a newly elected mayor.

Tyre Nichols' loved ones have gathered in remembrance at the site where police fatally beat the Black man one year ago.

An influential policing think tank is pushing law enforcement agencies to change how they handle body camera footage after police shootings.

A new state comptroller report finds that a police training seminar in New Jersey included instructors making lewd comments about women, encouraging officers to pull people over for no reason and showing a photo of an ape after talking about pulling over a 75-year-old Black man.

A judge has set an August trial date for four former Memphis police officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop in January.

A former Memphis police officer has pleaded guilty in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, becoming the first of five officers charged to reverse course.

A lawyer for a former Memphis officer made an unconfirmed claim in court filings in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols that investigators found the hallucinogenic drug psilocybin and stolen credit cards in Nichols’ car from his fatal Jan. 7 encounter with police.

A judge has denied requests by three former Memphis officers to have separate trials in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop.

A sheriff says nine Memphis jail deputies have been indicted in the death of a Black man who was having a psychotic episode and died in custody last fall after jailers punched, kicked and kneeled on his back during a confrontation.

A fifth former Memphis police officer has pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop.

Four former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal civil rights charges in the violent beating and death of Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop nine months ago.

A group of two dozen officers posed for a photo with escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante, minutes after his capture.

Five former Memphis police officers have been charged with federal civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols.

A district attorney in Tennessee has said his office has dropped 30 to 40 cases involving the five former officers who have been charged with second-degree murder in the January beating death of Tyre Nichols.

Six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi have pleaded guilty to a racist assault on Michael Corey Jenkins and his friend Eddie Terrell Parker.

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating how Memphis Police Department officers use force and conduct arrests, nearly seven months after the violent beating of Tyre Nichols by five officers after a traffic stop.

California Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing an end to public disclosure of investigations of abusive and corrupt police officers.

The murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police was three years ago today, and the fervent protests that erupted around the world in response seemed like the catalyst needed for a nationwide reckoning on racism in policing.

A Tennessee judge has continued to temporarily block the release of more video footage and records in the Tyre Nichols investigation.

An autopsy report shows Tyre Nichols died of blows to the head after he was beaten by Memphis police during a January arrest.

A prosecutor says a former Memphis police officer who hit Tyre Nichols with a stun gun during a traffic stop that preceded Nichols’ brutal beating by other officers won’t be charged criminally.

The family of Tyre Nichols, who died after a brutal beating by five Memphis police officers, sued the officers and the city of Memphis, blaming them for his death and accusing officials of allowing a special unit’s aggressive tactics to go unchecked despite warning signs.

Black police chiefs, commissioners, sheriffs and commanders from across the country are set to meet this weekend in Detroit for the annual CEO symposium of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.

The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation after a U.S. Park Police officer fatally shot a 17-year-old who had driven away with an officer in the back seat after the teenager was found asleep in a suspected stolen car in Washington.

Police and court records obtained by The Associated Press show that deputies who were accepted to a Mississippi sheriff's department's special tactical unit have been involved in at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another seriously wounded.

Four of five former Memphis police officers charged with murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols can no longer work as law enforcement in Tennessee.

The Memphis police supervisor on scene when Tyre Nichols was beaten to death by officers retired with his benefits the day before a hearing to fire him.

The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it will review the Memphis police department policies on use of force, de-escalation strategies and specialized units in response to the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols during an arrest.

A former Memphis Fire Department emergency medical technician has told a Tennessee board that officers “impeded patient care” by refusing to remove Tyre Nichols’ handcuffs, which would have allowed EMTs to check Nichols' vital signs after he was brutally beaten by police.

Documents provided to The Associated Press show that two Memphis Fire Department emergency medical technicians who were fired and had their licenses suspended for failing to give aid to Tyre Nichols for 19 minutes after he was brutally beaten by police did not perform basic examinations, including checking his vital signs.

A top Memphis official says a fourth Fire Department employee is being investigated as part of the city’s probe into the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols.

The next hearing for five former Memphis, Tennessee, police officers charged with killing Tyre Nichols has been scheduled for May 1.

President Joe Biden is taking new steps to address racial inequality throughout the federal government.

Authorities say two sheriff’s deputies who have been suspended for five days for their role in the arrest of Tyre Nichols failed to keep their body cameras activated after they went to the location where Nichols had been beaten by five Memphis police officers.

An Oregon lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require police officers to complete at least two years of education beyond high school.

The head of a union representing most of the Memphis Fire Department said three employees who were fired after the death of Tyre Nichols weren’t given enough information as they responded to the call for medical help.

A charitable foundation has named a Memphis park canopy for Tyre Nichols, who died last month after he was brutally beaten by officers.

Years before a Memphis police officer pulled Tyre Nichols from his car on Jan. 7, the officer was accused of taking part in the savage beating of an inmate at a county prison.

One of three Memphis Police officers who initially detained Tyre Nichols last month approached Nichols’ car while brandishing his gun.

It was a stunning revelation: One of the officers involved in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols took a cellphone photo of the bloodied and handcuffed man and shared it with five other people.

The officer who pulled Tyre Nichols from his car before police fatally beat him never explained why he was being stopped, newly released documents show.

The toll of police brutality in America was on painful display as family members of Black men and women killed in custody sit alongside lawmakers in the House to hear the president’s State of the Union address.

Documents released Tuesday provide a scathing account of what authorities are calling the “blatantly unprofessional” conduct of five officers involved in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop last month — including new revelations about how one officer took and shared pictures of the bloodied victim.

Officials say 13 Memphis officers could end up being disciplined in connection with the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols.

Rock star Bono, the family of Tyre Nichols and the 26-year-old who disarmed a gunman in last month’s Monterey Park, California, shooting were among the featured guests sitting with first lady Jill Biden at Tuesday’s State of the Union address.

Expect lots of new faces and fresh political dynamics as President Joe Biden delivers this year’s State of the Union address.

Tyre Nichols’ mother and Memphis police chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis are two women caught on different sides of a tragedy.

Skateboard legend Tony Hawk says he will donate half of the proceeds of autographed photos of himself and BMX rider Rick Throne to the memorial fund for Tyre Nichols.

In a terrible way, the death of Tyre Nichols brings some vindication to members of the Black community in Memphis who live in terror of police.

Officials say a sixth Memphis officer was fired Friday after an internal police investigation showed he violated multiple department policies in the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols, including rules surrounding the deployment of a stun gun.

The death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis stands apart from some other police killings because the young Black man was beaten by Black officers.

The funeral of Tyre Nichols had all the hallmarks of what’s known as a homegoing service in Black American communities: comforting gospel hymns, remembrances from loved ones and a stirring eulogy from a clergyman.

Supreme Court police officers are looking for a few good men and women — as are law enforcement departments around the country in a tight employment market.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are meeting at the White House with members of the Congressional Black Caucus to explore the possibility of getting legislation to overhaul policing practices back on track.

Memphis police records show four of five Memphis officers charged with killing Tyre Nichols after violently beating him committed previous infractions.

The funeral for Tyre Nichols is taking place in Memphis, Tennessee, attended by family, friends and civil rights activists.

Funeral services for Tyre Nichols will be held in Memphis, Tennessee.

The release of footage showing Memphis, Tennessee, police officers violently beating Tyre Nichols has renewed calls for Congress to pass police reform legislation.

Tyre Nichols’ family and friends remembered him with songs of faith and heartfelt tributes, blending a celebration of his life with outraged calls for police reform after the brutal beating he endured at the hands of Memphis police.

Police departments across the country deploy plainclothes squads of officers in unmarked cars to tackle increasing crime rates or get guns off the street.

On the eve of the funeral for Tyre Nichols, who died days after a brutal beating by Memphis police officers, his family are sharing remembrances and expressing grief.

The parents of Tyre Nichols will attend President Joe Biden's State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol next week.

As Memphis police officers attacked Tyre Nichols with their feet, fists and a baton, others held Nichols down or milled about, even as he cried out in pain before his body went limp.

Memphis police say two more officers involved in the arrest, beating and death of Tyre Nichols have been disciplined.

The pastor at the Memphis church where Tyre Nichols’ family spoke from the pulpit urging peace after his brutal killing reiterated the call for calm, following the release of video showing the fatal beating by police.

Former President Donald Trump says the footage of the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers is “horrible” and that the attack “never should have happened.”.

The 67 minutes of body camera and surveillance footage released in the death of a Memphis man at the hands of police give a glimpse of a harrowing night that oscillates between brutality and nonchalance.

“The talk” has been passed down in many Black families for generations to prepare their children for interactions with police.