Closing arguments are expected in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichol

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.

Lawyers for two former Memphis Police officers rested their cases without calling them to testify in the federal civil rights trial against them.

This story will be updated with new information throughout the day. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The three former officers facing federal charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols rested their cases on Monday.

During the ongoing federal trial against Smith and two co-defendants in Tyre Nichols’ death, Smith’s attorney, Martin Zummach, called two lieutenants to the stand Monday, Sept. 30. Both of them supervised Smith during his time with MPD’s organized crime unit.

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.

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

A friend of one of the former Memphis police officers standing trial in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols has testified that he's a kind-hearted, humble person who did his job “by the book.”