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May 8, 2025

Memphis Jury Acquits Three Ex-Cops of Murder over 2023 Killing of Tyre Nichols
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In Tennessee, jurors acquitted three former Memphis police officers of
murder in the 2023 killing of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black father
who died after the officers brutally beat him during a traffic stop. The
lawyers representing Nichols's family called the verdicts "a devastating
miscarriage of justice." Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin
Smith, along with two other officers, are awaiting sentencing on
separate federal charges. Those two other officers - Desmond Mills Jr.
and Emmitt Martin - are pleading guilty to the state charges and will
not stand trial. We'll have more on this case later in the broadcast.


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