![]() ![]() 10, three days after he was beaten by five officers who have since been fired and charged with second-degree murder. ![]() "The intent of this court is that everything that can be released be released, and released timely," Jones said. Garrity statements are not allowed to be used at trial against defendants. But they both also agreed that the media must not get so called Garrity statements, which stem from investigative interviews given by the officers to Memphis Police Department administrators after Nichols' beating. ![]() Prosecutor Paul Hagerman and defence attorneys agreed that most police personnel records that pre-dated Nichols' beating can be released. Jones set deadlines in June for prosecutors to provide defence lawyers the information from existing video footage and about 2,500 pages of documents that should be released and for the defence to raise objections. asked prosecutors to outline the information they think should and should not be released to the public, and then give the list to defence attorneys. ![]() Shelby County Criminal Court Judge James Jones Jr. A Tennessee judge on Friday continued to temporarily block the release of more video footage and records in the investigation into Tyre Nichols' death, but said he does want to make public information that would not interfere with the rights to a fair trial for five Memphis police officers facing charges. ![]()
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