Ex-officers in Tyre Nichols case found not guilty in Memphis trial – A jury from East Tennessee has reached a unanimous verdict Wednesday afternoon in the state murder trial against three former Memphis police officers accused in the January 2023 traffic stop beating death of Memphis civilian Tyre Nichols.
A composite image of former Memphis Police Department officers Tadarrius Bean (left), Justin Smith Jr. and Demetrius Haley in court in Memphis, Tenn., on May 3. The former officers were charged with fatally beating Tyre Nichols in 2023. They each took the stand to decline to testify on their own behalf.
