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US federal jury convicts three officers in fatal Tyre Nichols beating

Jamal Dupree and La'Toya Yizar comfort each other during a prayer vigil outside the federal courthouse as jury deliberations began in the trial of three former Memphis police officers [George Walker IV/AP Photo]

Three former police officers have been convicted on federal charges related to the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee — an incident in 2023 that sparked nationwide protests and calls for law enforcement reform.

All three were found guilty of witness tampering when the verdict was delivered on Thursday. But they were cleared of the most severe charge: violating the 29-year-old Nichols’s civil rights by causing death.

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