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

A former Memphis police officer who has pleaded guilty to violating Tyre Nichols' civil rights has testified that he was looking to leave a crime suppression unit because he was unhappy with the hostility team members were showing citizens,

A former Memphis police officer who has pleaded guilty to violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights testified in tears Tuesday, saying that he made Nichols’ young son fatherless, and that he’s sorry and wishes he had stopped the punches.

Former Memphis police officer Desmond Mills Jr. said Tuesday he was considering leaving Memphis prior to the Tyre Nichols incident.

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.

Emmitt Martin III also testified that he took off his body camera afterward and stood by as other officers beat the 29-year-old.

Multiple former Memphis police officers condemned the policing tactics of their own department during high-profile testimony this week in the federal trial against three officers who participated in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols on Jan.