Shelby County Criminal Court Judge James Jones Jr. asked prosecutors to outline the information they think should and should not be be released to the public, and then give the list to defense attorneys.
showed five officers belonging to the Scorpion crime suppression unit punching, kicking and hitting Nichols with a baton as he yelled for his mother after a traffic stop.The five officers — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin, Desmond Mills and Justin Smith — are Black. So was Nichols.about 20 hours of additional video, audio and documents related to the arrest.
The coalition also asked for the release of records related to the prior employment of Haley as a corrections officer. Those records also have been blocked by the court in a verbal order questioned by the coalition, and Haley's attorney has objected to their release. Lawyers for the officers argued that the former officers’ rights to a fair trial must be recognized and protected pending trial.
Blake Ballin, Mills' lawyer, wrote in his motion that the media coalition's request “ignores the balancing act trial courts are tasked with when criminal prosecutions are subject to publicity.” Nichols was taken to a hospital in an ambulance that left the site of the beating 27 minutes after emergency medical technicians arrived, authorities said.
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