Day six of the Tyre Nichols trial saw the defense continue its efforts to justify the force used on Nichols by former Memphis police officers.

Day four of the Tyre Nichols state trial began with the defense calling more witnesses. Preston Hemphill, a former officer, was first on the stand.

A police training expert testifying Saturday as a defense witness in the trial of three former Memphis officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols acknowledged that kicks and punches to Nichols' head were unnecessary and excessive.