In two weeks, the former Memphis Police officers who were found guilty federally of Tyre Nichols’ murder will be sentenced.
On June 16, Tadarrius Bean and Justin Smith will get their sentences; on June 17, Demetrius Haley and Desmond Mills Jr. will receive their sentences.
Emmitt Martin, the fifth ex-officer, will also get his sentence on June 18.
During the federal trial, Mills and Martin accepted plea agreements.
Martin and Haley, the two former officers who are facing most severe sentences, are still being held in federal custody. While they await their sentencing, the other former police officers are free on bond.
On January 27, body camera and SkyCop footage of the beating were made public.
The next day, MPD dissolved the Scorpion Unit of which the officers were among its members.
On May 7, Bean, Smith, and Haley’s state criminal prosecution came to an end.
