Outrage after lawyer says cop Desmond Mills may not have been able 'to see' during Tyre …

Tyre Nichols, 29, died three days after being severely beaten by five Memphis Police Department officers, including Desmond Mills Jr (L) during a traffic stop on January 7 (Scott Olson/Getty Images and Shelby County Sheriff’s Office) Warning: Graphic content, readers’ discretion advised. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE: The lawyer of Desmond Mills Jr issued a statement urging caution in judging his client’s actions. Desmond is a former Memphis police officer who was detained and imprisoned for the second-degree murder of Tyre Nichols, 29, but later released on a $250K bond. Attorney Blake Ballin defended Desmond by saying that the cop may not have been able “to see” during Nichols’ beating. Following this, one of many bashed the statement and wrote, “But he could hear the crying.”ADVERTISEMENT On Saturday, January 28, the attorney released the statement that read, “Some of the questions that remain will require a focus on Desmond Mills’s individual actions; on what Desmond knew and what he was able to see when he arrived late to the scene; on what Desmond knew and what he was able to see after he was pepper sprayed; and on whether Desmond’s actions crossed the lines that were crossed by other officers during this incident.
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