Tyre Nichols’ Killers Walk Free In Tennessee State Trial… Three Ex-Memphis Cops Cleared Despite Brutal Beating Caught On Bodycam
A jury in Tennessee has cleared three former Memphis police officers of all state charges related to the fatal beating of a Black motorist that sparked nationwide protests two years ago.
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Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith were found not guilty of second-degree murder and other serious charges in the death of Tyre Nichols. Judge James Jones Jr. ordered their immediate release. The three men were visibly emotional, embracing each other and their attorneys in the Memphis courtroom.
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Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, fled a traffic stop after being pulled from his car, pepper-sprayed, and hit with a Taser. Five other officers, who were also Black, caught up with him and brutally punched and kicked him while striking him with a police baton, struggling to handcuff him as he called out for his mother just steps from his home. Nichols succumbed to his injuries on January 10, 2023, three days after the assault.
