A former Memphis police officer has changed his plea to guilty in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, becoming the first of five officers charged to reverse course.
The family of Tyre Nichols and attorney Ben Crump held a press conference hours after a federal indictment was announced for all five former Memphis Police officers who are charged with the murder of Tyre Nichols. If convicted of two of the federal charges, the officers could face the death penalty. More LiveNOW from FOX streaming videoDesmond Mills Jr. entered his plea during a hearing at the Memphis federal courthouse as part of a larger agreement to settle charges in state court as well.
Mills and four other former Memphis Police Department officers were charged in federal court with using excessive force, failing to intervene, deliberate indifference and conspiring to lie, as well as obstruction of justice after they were caught on camera punching, kicking and hitting Nichols with a police baton on Jan. 7. Nichols died three days later in a hospital.
U.S. District Judge Mark Norris has scheduled a May trial for the officers in the federal case. A trial has not been set in state court. The indictment says the officers failed to tell dispatchers, their supervisor and emergency medical technicians they knew Nichols had been hit repeatedly. It alleged they were trying to cover up their use of force and shield themselves from criminal liability.
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