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Jury returns mixed verdict in Tyre Nichols police beating death case

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A federal jury meeting in Memphis Thursday returned a mixed verdict in the trial of three former police officers involved in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died in January 2023.

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  1. Judge weighs jury instructions in trial of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death

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    Jury returns mixed verdict in Tyre Nichols police beating death case

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  1. The Republic

    2 ex-officers did not testify at their trial in Tyre Nichols' death. 1 still could (opens The Republic)

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    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Lawyers for two former Memphis officers rested their cases Monday without calling them to testify in their own defense against charges that they violated Tyre Nichols’ civil rights in a beating that proved fatal following a 2023 traffic stop.

  2. Bangor Daily News

    Police delivered a 'beatdown' that killed Tyre Nichols, prosecutor says in trial closing (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis police officers who beat Tyre Nichols to death wanted to punish him after he ran from a 2023 traffic stop and thought they

  3. Courthouse News Service

    Judge weighs jury instructions in trial of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Police video shows five officers, who are all Black, punched, kicked and hit Nichols, who was also Black, about a block from his home, as he called out for his mother.

  4. The Republic

    Jury at officers' trial in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols hears instructions ahead of closings (opens The Republic)

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    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A jury received instructions from a judge Wednesday about how to deliberate and issue a unanimous verdict in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights in a fatal beating that followed a 2023 traffic stop. U.S.

  5. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Jury mulling fate of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols' fatal beating (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    Jurors began their deliberations in the trial involving three Memphis police officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.

  6. CNN

    Tyre Nichols death: Jury mulling fate of 3 former Memphis officers charged in fatal beating (opens CNN)

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    The future of three former Memphis officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights in a beating that proved fatal is in the hands of a jury after a nearly monthlong federal trial.

  7. ABC 7 San Francisco

    3 officers convicted in Tyre Nichols fatal beating but 2 are acquitted of civil rights charges (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    There ex-Memphis officers have been convicted of witness tampering in the beating death of Tyre Nichols.

  8. Waco Tribune-Herald

    Mixed verdict for 3 Memphis officers convicted in Tyre Nichols' fatal beating (opens Waco Tribune-Herald)

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    Three former Memphis police officers have been convicted in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, but were acquitted of the harshest charges they faced. Nichols

  9. WFMZ Allentown

    Verdicts reached for 3 former Memphis officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    The jury has reached verdicts for three former Memphis police officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ federal civil rights in a 2023 videotaped fatal beating that sparked national protests and

  10. Waco Tribune-Herald

    Jury reaches verdicts in trial of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death (opens Waco Tribune-Herald)

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    Jury reaches verdicts in trial of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death.

  11. NPR

    Jury in Memphis convicts ex-officers on some charges in beating death of Tyre Nichols (opens NPR)

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    A jury in Memphis convicted three former officers on some charges in a federal civil rights case. The ex-cops beat him to death last year after a traffic stop, and conspired to cover up the attack.

  12. WHEC Rochester

    3 ex-Memphis officers convicted of witness tampering in Tyre Nichols' beating, 1 guilty of civil rights violations (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    3 ex-Memphis officers convicted of witness tampering in Tyre Nichols' beating, 1 guilty of civil rights violations.

  13. WSVN Miami

    Jury mulling fate of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ fatal beating - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The future of three former Memphis officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights in a beating that proved fatal is

  14. The Guardian

    Three Memphis ex-police officers convicted in death of Tyre Nichols (opens The Guardian)

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    Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith were convicted of witness tampering in the death of Nichols

  15. NPR

    Jury deliberates the fate of 3 ex-Memphis officers accused in Tyre Nichols' death (opens NPR)

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    A federal jury in Memphis is deliberating in a high-profile police brutality case. Three former officers face civil rights charges in the 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop.

  16. Fox News

    3 ex-officers convicted in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols (opens Fox News)

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    Former Memphis police officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith were convicted Thursday in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, but cleared of the most serious charges.

  17. New York Post

    3 officers convicted in Tyre Nichols’ fatal beating — but 2 acquitted of civil rights charges (opens New York Post)

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    Three former Memphis officers were convicted Thursday of charges of witness tampering in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, and two were acquitted of federal civil rights violations in a death that sparked national protests and calls for broad changes in policing.

  18. NBC News

    Verdicts reached in trial of former Memphis officers charged in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols (opens NBC News)

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    A jury reached verdicts Thursday in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged in the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols, according to NBC News affiliate WMC.

  19. WSVN Miami

    3 officers convicted in Tyre Nichols fatal beating, but 2 are acquitted of civil rights charges - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Three former Memphis officers were convicted Thursday of charges of witness tampering in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, and two

  20. UPI

    Jury returns mixed verdict in Tyre Nichols police beating death case (opens UPI)

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    A federal jury meeting in Memphis Thursday returned a mixed verdict in the trial of three former police officers involved in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died in January 2023.

  21. ABC 7 Chicago

    Mixed verdict against former officers in Tyre Nichols beating death case (opens ABC 7 Chicago)

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    Tyre Nichols, 29, died three days after he was beaten by police after fleeing a traffic stop in January 2023 in Memphis.

  22. Fox5 Atlanta

    Three Memphis police officers convicted in Tyre Nichols beating but cleared of major civil rights charges (opens Fox5 Atlanta)

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    Three former Memphis police officers have been convicted in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, but were acquitted of the most severe civil rights charges.

  23. Waco Tribune-Herald

    Some perplexed at jury (opens Waco Tribune-Herald)

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    The trial of three former Memphis officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols ended with a mixed verdict, surprising and perplexing some observers who questioned why the jury

  24. The Daily Caller

    Three Former Officers Found Guilty Of Lesser Charges In Tyre Nichols Fatal Beating (opens The Daily Caller)

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    Three former Memphis police officers were convicted Thursday of witness tampering related to the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.

  25. Delaware Public Media

    3 ex-police officers found guilty on some charges in beating death of Tyre Nichols (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    A federal jury has convicted three former Memphis police officers of some federal civil rights violations and found them not guilty of others in the 2023 beating death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols.

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