(23 Aug 2024)
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Memphis, Tennessee – 23 August 2024
1. Mid of former Memphis police officer Emmitt Martin entering federal courthouse
2. Wide of attorney Ben Crump and Tyre Nichols’ family RowVaughn and Rodney Wells walk toward the federal courthouse
3. SOUNDBITE (English) RowVaughn Wells, Tyre Nichols’ mother:
"For him to plead guilty, its something. I feel like we’re going in the right direction."
Rodney Wells, Tyre Nichols’ father:
"Accepting responsibility."
RowVaughn Wells:
"Accepting responsibility. We still have three more that we need to find guilty or they need to plead guilty or something. And I am hoping that we don’t have to go to trial."
4. Wide of Ben Crump escort Tyre Nichols’ family into federal courthouse
5. SOUNDBITE (English) RowVaughn Wells, Tyre Nichols’ mother:
"Tyre was just coming home and he was minding his own business. And he was just coming home. Now we have five police officers. All y’all saw the video. I didn’t see the video. But I do know that Martin and Haley were one of the main people that did the things to my son."
6. Wide of Ben Crump and Tyre Nichols’ family leaving the courthouse
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Ross Johnson, attorney for Emmitt Martin:
"He was driven by fear and attempted to cover that up _ the fear of the consequences of what he had done. Today, we are all witness to Mr. Martin accepting responsibility for what he did. Pleaded guilty. He accepted
responsibility. And today is a new day."
8. Tight on pins and necklace worn by RowVaughn Wells to zoom out on her face
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Crump, attorney for Tyre Nichols’ family:
"The blood is not only on these officer’s hands. The blood is on the Memphis Police Department and everybody who instituted the policy of the Scorpion unit."
10. Tight on a Tyre Nichols pin worn by Rodney Wells
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Romanucci, attorney for Tyre Nichols’ family:
"But let me tell you, they reigned terror way before January 7th. This was not only one day. This was the bomb that finally exploded. And it breaks my heart to say that Tyre was on the receiving end of the Scorpion unit on that day."
12. Mid of Tyre Nichols family greeting people outside of courthouse
STORYLINE:
A second former Memphis police officer has pleaded guilty to civil rights violations in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.
Prosecutors on Friday agreed to recommend that Emmitt Martin be sentenced to no more than 40 years for his part in Nichols’ killing.
Nichols was horribly beaten by five Memphis officers after a traffic stop on Jan. 7, 2023, and he died of his injuries three days later.
Joined by her attorney Ben Crump, Nichols’s mother RowVaughn Wells told reporters after the hearing that while this latest guilty plea was important, she would not be content until all the officers charged either were found guilty or pleaded guilty.
"We still have three more that we need to find guilty or they need to plead guilty or something," said Wells. "And I am hoping that we don’t have to go to trial."
One other former officer has also pleaded guilty. Three more still face a federal trial. All five are charged separately in state court with second-degree murder.
Martin’s defense attorney, Stephen Ross Johnson, said after the hearing that Martin was "driven by fear when he later attempted to cover that up — fear of the consequences of what he had done."
One other former officer has also pleaded guilty. Three more still face a federal trial. All five are charged separately in state court with second-degree murder.
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