Ex-officer testifies he disliked his unit’s ‘hostility’ even before Tyre Nichols beating

Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer who has pleaded guilty to violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights has testified that he was looking to leave a crime suppression unit because he was unhappy with the hostility team members were showing citizens, even before they fatally beat Nichols. Desmond Mills took the stand Tuesday in the federal criminal trial of three of his former colleagues. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith are charged in the January 2023 pummeling. Mills is the second former officer to testify under a plea deal. Nichols three days after the beating.