The Latest Breaking News from Tyre Nichols

A posed photo of about two dozen law enforcement officers with escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante after his capture has drawn criticism from policing reform advocates and some members of the public

The five officers are already facing state-level charges for beating Nichols, who died in the hospital three days later.

The five former police officers face charges of excessive force, deliberate indifference and witness tampering for the January death of the 29-year-old Nichols.

Five former Memphis police officers have been charged with federal civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols

Harrowing surveillance footage captured officers beating the 29-year-old man after a traffic stop in January

After the beating death of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers in January and other abuses that have come to light, the police department is under mounting pressure to change its culture.

A Tennessee judge has set a September court hearing to discuss requests by three of five former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols to face separate trials

The Memphis Police Department terminated five police officers in connection with the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols

A district attorney in Tennessee has said his office has dropped 30 to 40 cases involving the five former officers who have been charged with second-degree murder in the January beating death of Tyre Nichols

Seven months after the horrific beating death by police of Memphis, Tennessee, motorist Tyre Nichols, the Justice Department, on July 27, 2023, launched a civil rights investigation into allegations the Memphis Police Department routinely used excessive force and, on a systemic basis, discriminated against Black residents.

The investigation centres on questions of discrimination in the wake of the beating death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols.