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# Three Memphis Officers Receive Mixed Verdict in Tyre Nichols’ Fatal Beating Case

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## Video: Three Memphis Officers Receive Mixed Verdict in Tyre Nichols’ Fatal Beating Case

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_Published 2024-10-04. 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._


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## Transcript

Justice Matar, Justice ta, Justice Matar tar. Justice Matar. Three former Memphis officers who went on trial in the fatal beating of Cyren Nichols were convicted of one of four charges leveled against him, which is witness tampering obstruction of justice. The three officers faced two civil rights charges. Depriving Tyr Nichols of his civil rights by using excessive force and depriving Nichols' civil rights due to deliberate indifference. In other words, not worrying about his condition after he was injured. Two of the officers, Tderius Bean and Justin Smith, were acquitted of excessive force and deliberate indifference.

One officer, Demetrius Haley, was convicted of using excessive force causing bodily injury to Tyne Nichols, and he was also convicted of being deliberately indifferent to his condition. After the beating, also for bodily injury. Before the verdict was read, attorney Ben Crump sat next to Rovan Wells and Rodney Wells, Nichols' mother and stepfather. There were many marshals in the room, and the room was eerily dead silent as the verdict was being read. No one made any serious reactions. I did see Rovan Wells bow her head for a moment. But the decorum in the room was very somber, very silent, and very serious.

After the verdict, the family, along with Attorney Ben Crump, friends, and activists, gathered quietly in a huddle outside the courtroom, talking to each other and hugging each other. Rodney Wells, Nichols, the stepfather, told me very briefly that a win is a win, baby. They're all going to jail. One of the aspects of this case that made it unique from other criminal cases in Memphis is the video. Prosecutors representing the state released video of the beating that was seen worldwide, that shocked and angered many people, especially those who had been in Memphis for a long time, calling for police reform.

Just retiree.

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