ARCHIVO - La pantalla del Smoothie King Center de Nueva Orleans rinde homenaje a Tyre Nichols el 28 de enero de 2023, antes de un partido de la NBA entre los Pelicans de Nueva Orleans y los Wizards de Washington. Nichols murió a consecuencia de los golpes que le propinaron tres policías. (Foto AP/Matthew Hinton, Archivo)
Emmitt Martin III, a former Memphis Police Department officer, second from left, accused of killing Tyre Nichols, walks into federal court Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
FILE - This combo of images provided by the Memphis, Tenn., Police Department shows, top row from left, officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, and bottom row from left, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith. (Memphis Police Department via AP, File)
Former Memphis police officer Justin Smith leaves the federal courthouse after the first day of jury selection of the trial in the Tyre Nichols case Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Attorney John Keith Perry, center, leaves the federal courthouse with his client former Memphis police officer Tadarrius Bean after the first day of jury selection of the trial in the Tyre Nichols case Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Former Memphis police officer Demetrius Haley arrives at the federal courthouse for the second day of jury selection for the trial in the Tyre Nichols case Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)