
Ex-Memphis Officers Acquitted in Fatal Beating of Tyre Nichols
Three Former Memphis Police Officers Acquitted in State Trial Over Tyre Nichols’ Death On May 7, 2025, a Tennessee jury acquitted three former Memphis police officers—Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith—of all state charges, including second-degree murder, in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols. Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, died three days after…