The former Memphis officers, who already pleaded not guilty to state charges of second-degree murder, face new charges of civil rights offenses and witness tampering.
Four of the Memphis police officers charged with second-degree murder in Mr. Nichols’s death should never again work in law enforcement in the state, an oversight agency says.
The police report was the latest instance in which video evidence offered a starkly different account of police violence than what officers had reported themselves.