The trial is anticipated to last three to four weeks and will draw media from around the country. Nichols' family is expected to attend the trial.

Defense attorneys for former MPD officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith rested their cases. Closing arguments begin Tuesday at 10 a.m.

Closing arguments are underway in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights in a fatal beating

Closing arguments are set to begin Wednesday inside the federal courthouse where three Memphis police officers have stood trial for federal civil rights charges in Tyre Nichols’ Jan. 7, 2023 traffic stop.

One officer was convicted of violating Nichols' civil rights by causing bodily injury, while all three were convicted of witness tampering.

Closing arguments were expected Tuesday in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights in a beating that proved fatal following a 2023 traffic stop.

During the ongoing federal trial against Smith and two co-defendants in Tyre Nichols’ death, Smith’s attorney, Martin Zummach, called two lieutenants to the stand Monday, Sept. 30. Both of them supervised Smith during his time with MPD’s organized crime unit.

Three former Memphis officers have been convicted of charges of witness tampering in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.

Closing arguments were delivered Wednesday in the case of the three former Memphis police officers who were charged in the January 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols. The jury pool in the federal trial is made up of seven men and seven women,

The future of three former Memphis officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols is in the hands of a jury after weeks of testimony in federal court