MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — There was “no need” for five Memphis police officers to punch, kick, and hit Tyre Nichols with a baton on the night he was fatally beaten after a traffic stop, their former supervisor testified Thursday in the federal trial for three of the officers.

This story will be updated throughout the day on Friday. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The federal trial for three former Memphis officers charged in the beating of Tyre Nichols is closing out its second week with testimony from ex-Scorpion Unit officers and the medical examiner who wrote Nichols’ autopsy report.