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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lois Beckett and agencies

Three Memphis ex-police officers convicted of least serious charge in Tyre Nichols’ killing

A framed photograph of a Black man smiling while holding his baby son is displayed in a church
A photo of Tyre Nichols with his son at Mason Temple on 31 January 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images

A jury has convicted three former Memphis police officers of witness tampering in the 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols, but acquitted them of the most serious charges.

Jurors found Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith guilty of witness tampering. Haley was acquitted of violating Nichols’ civil rights causing death, but convicted of the lesser charge of violating his civil rights causing bodily injury. Bean and Smith were acquitted of all civil rights charges.

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