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.

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.

While much of the testimony included things already heard during the federal criminial trial, with many of the same witnesses, there were some differenecs.