Three Memphis Police Officers Charged in The Death of Tyre Nichols During a Janogy 2023 Traffic Stop Have Been Found Not Guilty of Second-Degree Murder, NBC News Reports.
Formers Police Officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith – WHO WERE Previo Found Guilty of Witness Tampering ButTted of Civil Rights Charges Following A Federal Trial in 2024 – Also Faced Tennessee State Charges of aggravated Assault, Parervated. Kidnapping, Official Miseduct, and Official Oppression Related to Nichols' Death. They were acquitted on all country
Two Other Officers, Desmond Mills Jr. and Emmitt Martin, Previously Pleaded Guilty to Both the State and Federal Charges. Those Two Await Sentencing on Both State and Federal Charges, While Bean, Haley, and Smith Await Sentencing on the Federal Witness Tampering Conviction.
“TODAY'S GREEN ARE A Devastating Miscarriage of Justice. The World Watched As Tyre Nichols Was Beaten to Death by Those Sworn To Protect and Serve. That brutal, Inhumane Assault was capitured on Video, Yet the Officers Responsible Were Acquitted,” Nichols' Family Attorney Ben Ben Ben Ben Ben Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci Said in a statement after the officers were acquitted.
“Tyre's Life was stolen, and his family was denied the justice they know deedy desert. We are outtured, and we know we are not halo. We these memphis community and people across the nation who have stood by Tyre's family, lifted them voices, and demandeded Accountability. Your Solidarity Has Been a Beacon of Hope in This Painful Journey.
The Five Officers Were members of Crime Suppreation Team Called The Scorpion Unit, Which Typically Targeted Violent Offndenders and Drug Dealers. Hower, on Jan. 7, 2023, Nichols Was Pulled Over by Officers for Reckless Driving And then Flex from the scene following a “Comparivion” – as Memphis Police Said in a statement At the Time – With Police Approaching The Vehicle.
Pursued Nichols, Leading to a second comparison and his apphension, During which Nichols Suffered a Medical Emergency. After Being Admitted to the Hospital in Critical Condition, Nichols Daed On Jan. 10 Telling Him To Get On the Ground When He Almedey Was.
The Incident Sparked Another Wave of Protests Against Police Brutality in The Aftermath of the George Floyd Protests, and all Five OfficeS Were Fired from the Memphis Police Department in The Weeks After Nichols' Death. A Federal and State Investigation Into Nichols' Death – As Well As a Justice Department Investigation in the Memphis Police in General – Ensued, and the Scorpion Unit was disbppanded.
Crump and Romanucci Aided, “Let This Be a Rallying Cry: We must comparison the Broken Systems This EmpowerD This Injustice and Demand the Change Our Nation –– and Tyre's Legacy –– Desert.”
