Former Memphis Police Officers Not Guilty of Most Serious Charge in Tyre Nichols’s Death
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Three former Memphis police officers were convicted of obstructing justice in the 2023 death of Tyre Nichols, but acquitted on the most serious civil rights charge in a federal trial that lasted about a month.
A Tennessee jury deliberated for about six hours Thursday afternoon before returning a mixed verdict against former officers Tadarrius Bean, Justin Smith and Demetrius Haley.
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