US EditionJury from outside of Memphis will hear the case of 3 former officers charged in Tyre Nichols' death
- In a state court trial scheduled to begin April 28, a jury from outside of Memphis will be selected to hear the case against former Memphis Police Department officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith, who are charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols after a January 7, 2023, traffic stop.
- The charges stem from an incident where, after a traffic stop, Nichols ran and was chased down by five officers who pepper-sprayed, kicked, and struck him with a baton steps from his home, where he called out for his mother.
- Nichols died three days after the beating, leading to the firing of five officers and subsequent national protests and calls for police reform, particularly in Memphis, a majority-Black city.
- The five officers, who were part of the now-disbanded Scorpion Unit that targeted drugs, illegal guns, and violent offenders with a goal of amassing arrests, were also indicted by a federal grand jury on civil rights and witness tampering charges.
- Emmitt Martin and Desmond Mills Jr. Pleaded guilty to federal charges under deals with prosecutors and will not stand trial with Bean, Haley and Smith, while in October, Bean and Smith were acquitted of civil rights charges of using excessive force and being indifferent to Nichols' serious injuries, Haley was acquitted of violating Nichols' civil rights causing death, but convicted of two lesser charges of violating his civil rights causing bodily injury, and sentencings are pending for the five officers in the federal case.
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Jury from outside of Memphis will hear the case of 3 former officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death
By ADRIAN SAINZ, Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A jury from outside of Memphis will be seated in the state court trial of three former police officers charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop in 2023, a judge ruled Friday. Shelby County Judge James Jones Jr. did not specify where the jury will come from to hear the case against former Memphis Police Department officers Tadarrius Bean, De…
Jury from outside of Memphis will hear the case of 3 former officers charged in Tyre Nichols' death
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A jury from outside of Memphis will be seated in the state court trial of three former police officers charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop in 2023, a judge ruled Friday. Shelby County Judge James Jones Jr. did not specify where the jury will come from to hear the case against former Memphis Police Department officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith, wh…
Officers in Tyre Nichols case back in court ahead of upcoming state trial
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Three of the former Memphis Police Officers accused in the beating death of Tyre Nichols are expected in court on Friday morning. WREG has covered this case since its beginnings back in January 2023, when Nichols was fatally injured by five police officers following a traffic stop. He died three days later. Those officers are Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills, Emmitt Martin, and Justin Smith. Martin and Mills have …
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