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FILE - The screen at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans honors Tyre Nichols before an NBA basketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Washington Wizards, Jan. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)

Opening statements are set in the trial of 3 ex-Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death

By Adrian Sainz - Associated Press

Demetrius Haley, a former Memphis Police Department officer accused of killing Tyre Nichols last year, walks into federal court with attorney in Memphis, Tenn., on Thursday, April 4, 2024. The federal trial of four former police officers charged with civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols will be held in Memphis, a judge ruled Thursday. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP)

Police officers’ trial on civil rights charges in Tyre Nichols death to stay in Memphis, judge says

By Adrian Sainz - Associated Press

RowVaughn Wells, second from left, the mother of Tyre Nichols, flanked by family members of Nichols, speaks during a candlelight vigil on the anniversary of her son's death Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. Nichols lost his life following a violent beating by five Memphis Police officers in January 2023. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)

Tyre Nichols’ family gathers for vigil 1 year after police brutally beat him

By Adrian Sainz - Associated Press

FILE - The screen at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans honors Tyre Nichols before an NBA basketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Washington Wizards, Jan. 28, 2023. Desmond Mills Jr., a former Memphis police officer, is changing his plea from not guilty on federal charges that he violated Nichols' civil rights by fatally beating him after a traffic stop in January 2023. A change of plea hearing has been scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 2, for Mills Jr., according to court documents and his lawyer. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)

August trial date set for officers charged in Tyre Nichols killing

By Adrian Sainz - Associated Press

Blake Ballin, the attorney representing Desmond Mills Jr., walks into the Odell Horton Federal Building in Downtown Memphis, Tenn., on Thursday, Nov.2, 2023. Mills Jr., a former Memphis police officer who plans to change his not guilty plea to federal civil rights violations in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols will become the first of five officers charged in the case to break ranks with his former colleagues. (Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal via AP)

Former Memphis police officer pleads guilty to federal charges in Tyre Nichols’ death

By Jonathan Mattise and Travis Loller - Associated Press

The five former Memphis Police Department officers charged with the killing of Tyre Nichols make a court appearance at Shelby County Criminal Court in Memphis, Tenn., on Friday, June 23, 2023. The judge will consider which records should be released to the public as part of the highly-publicized case that intensified calls for police reform in the U.S. (Chris Day /The Commercial Appeal via AP)

Judge considers which records to release in case against ex-officers accused of killing Tyre Nichols

By Adrian Sainz - Associated Press

Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission Executive Secretary William Rain, left, asks a question as commissioner Chad Partin presides during a meeting of board Thursday, May 18, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn. A Tennessee commission that enforces standards for police recommended Thursday that proceedings to bar an officer charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols from serving in state law enforcement be suspended until his legal case is resolved. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Judge blocks release of video, records in Tyre Nichols beating death investigation

By Adrian Sainz - Associated Press

The screen at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans honors Tyre Nichols before an NBA basketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Washington Wizards, Jan. 28, 2023. The family of Tyre Nichols has sued the city of Memphis, Wednesday, April 19, and individual officers and emergency medical personnel involved in his case. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)

Tyre Nichols’ family sues Memphis police over beating, death

By Adrian Sainz and Travis Loller - Associated Press

The screen at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans honors Tyre Nichols before an NBA basketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Washington Wizards, Jan. 28, 2023. Five former Memphis, Tenn., police officers were scheduled Friday, Feb. 17, to make their first court appearance on murder and other charges in the violent arrest and death of Nichols. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)

5 Memphis officers plead not guilty in death of Tyre Nichols

By Adrian Sainz - Associated Press

Protesters march Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn., over the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police during a traffic stop. As Memphis police officers attacked Nichols, others held him down or milled about, even as he cried out in pain before his body went limp. Just like the attack on George Floyd in Minneapolis nearly three years ago, a simple intervention could have saved a life. Memphis and Minneapolis police departments are among many with “duty to intervene” policies. It’s also the law. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Tyre Nichols case shows officers still fail to intervene

By Jim Salter - Associated Press

A group of demonstrators knock on a locked entrance as they protest outside a police precinct in response to the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis, Tenn., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

6th Memphis officer relieved of duty in Nichols arrest

By Adrian Sainz - Associated Press

People worship during Sunday services at the Mount Olive Cathedral CME Church, as the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, was brought up during services, in Memphis, Tenn., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Pastor prays for peace after Tyre Nichols video release: ‘We’ve had calm so far’

By Mike Householder and Leah Willingham and Adrian Sainz - Associated Press

RowVaughn Wells, mother of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, leaves at the conclusion of a candlelight vigil for Tyre, in Memphis, Tenn., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Memphis braces for release of video in Tyre Nichols’ arrest

By Adrian Sainz - Associated Press

Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy answers questions during a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, after five fired Memphis Police Officers were charged in the murder of Black motorist Tyre Nichols. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian via AP)

District Attorney: 5 Memphis cops ‘all responsible’ for Tyre Nichols’ death

By Adrian Sainz and Rebecca Reynolds - Associated Press

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Kevin G. Ritz delivers a statement in response to the investigation of the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis, Tenn., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Feds: Investigation into Tyre Nichols’ death may take time

By Adrian Sainz - Associated Press