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 he left Nichols’ young son fat

One of the former Memphis Police Scorpion Unit officers accused in the beating of Tyre Nichols testified on Tuesday in the federal trial charging three of the five officers with civil rights violations.

One of the former Scorpion Unit officers accused in the beating of Tyre Nichols continued testifying on Wednesday after the court was adjourned abruptly on Tuesday

Desmond Mills Jr., who testified against his former colleagues, broke down in court, saying, “I made his child fatherless.”

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,

As the civil rights trial of three of their former team members continues, Desmond Mills and his former colleague, Emmit Martin, have both now admitted on the stand to using excessive force as officers violently took Nichols’ into custody after a traffic stop in January of last year.

A former Memphis police officer cried on the stand Tuesday as he watched footage of himself and his former colleagues beating Tyre Nichols.

Former Memphis police officer Desmond Mills Jr. said Tuesday he was considering leaving Memphis prior to the Tyre Nichols incident.

One of the former Scorpion Unit officers accused in the beating of Tyre Nichols continued testifying on Wednesday after the court was adjourned abruptly on Tuesday afternoon. While in court, Desmond Mills told prosecutors that the goal of the conspiracy was “to not tell the truth.