Assistant District Attorney Melanie Headley delivers closing arguments during the trial of three former Memphis police officers accused in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, Monday, May 5, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, Pool)Former Memphis Police Department officer Justin Smith Jr., one of three former Memphis officers charged with fatally beating Tyre Nichols in 2023, stands in the courtroom during his trial, Monday, May 5, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, Pool)Former Memphis Police Department officer Justin Smith Jr., one of three former officers charged with fatally beating Tyre Nichols in 2023, takes the stand to decline to testify on his own behalf during the sixth day of the trial, Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal via AP, Pool)Former Memphis Police Department officer Tadarrius Bean, one of three former officers charged with fatally beating Tyre Nichols in 2023, takes the stand to decline to testify on his own behalf during the sixth day of the trial, Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal via AP, Pool)FILE - Candles spell out the name of Tyre Nichols during a candlelight vigil for Nichols on the anniversary of his death, Jan. 7, 2024, in Memphis. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht, file)
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Assistant District Attorney Melanie Headley delivers closing arguments during the trial of three former Memphis police officers accused in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, Monday, May 5, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, Pool)
