3 officers convicted in Tyre Nichols fatal beating, 2 of them acquitted of civil rights charges

Three Memphis police officers convicted in death of Tyre Nichols

Three former Memphis police officers involved in the 2023 death of Tyre Nichols received a mixed verdict on Thursday. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith faced charges of excessive force, failure to intervene, and obstruction of justice. Haley was found guilty on all counts, while Smith and Bean were acquitted of civil rights violations but convicted of lesser charges. All three officers had pleaded not guilty. On the count of viola…

Tyre Nichols: 3 Memphis Officers Only Convicted Of Lesser Crimes Relat

Source: The Washington Post / Getty   Tyre Nichols was murdered. Six “men”, police officers, who swore “to serve and protect” enacted egregious violence against him when no such violence was necessary or justified. Those “men” were charged with numerous state and federal crimes related to Nichols’ death. Today, the verdict against those “men” is in and it is very insufficient. Three former Memphis police officers were convicted Thursday in the …

3 Memphis Police Officers Convicted in Tyre Nichols Beating Death

Three former Memphis police officers were convicted of federal felonies on Oct. 3 following the death of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old black man who died after being beaten by police during a traffic stop last year. Nichols’s death sparked national outrage after police video showed he was beaten, pepper sprayed, and shocked with a stun gun by five police officers—who were all black—during a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee, on Jan. 7, 2023. He…

Three Officers Receive Mixed Verdict in Tyre Nichols' Case

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Three former Memphis police officers were convicted Thursday in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, but were acquitted of the harshest charges they faced for a death that sparked national protests and calls for broad changes in policing. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Jurors deliberated for about six hours before coming back with the mixed verdict for Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith. All were convicted of …

Ex-Memphis Cops Who Beat Tyre Nichols To Death Found Not Guilty Of Har

Ex-Memphis police officers who fatally beat Tyre Nichols were found not guilty of the harshest charges they faced during their federal trial.

Former Memphis officers found guilty of lesser charges in beating death of Tyre Nichols

Although they were exonerated of the most serious counts that could have resulted in life in prison, three former Memphis police officers were found guilty on Thursday of witness tampering related to the beating death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols by a federal jury in Tennessee. In state court in Tennessee, the policemen might still be put on trial for murder. Police footage captured five Black cops punching, kicking, pepper-spraying, and strik…