Posted on 05/07/2025 1:10:30 PM PDT by packagingguy
Three former Memphis officers were acquitted Wednesday of state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he ran away from a traffic stop in 2023.
A jury, which appeared to be all white, took about 8 1/2 hours over two days to find Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith not guilty on all charges after a nine-day trial in state court in Memphis. After the jury’s verdict was read, the defendants hugged their lawyers as relatives of the former officers cried. One relative yelled, “Thank you, Jesus!”
The three defendants still face the prospect of years in prison after they were convicted of federal charges last year, though they were acquitted of the most serious charges then, too.
Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, fled a traffic stop after he was yanked out of his car, pepper-sprayed and hit with a Taser. Five officers who are also Black caught up with him and punched, kicked and hit Nichols with a police baton, struggling to handcuff him as he called out for his mother just steps from his home. Nichols died Jan. 10, 2023, three days after the beating.
Defense attorneys said Martin was responsible for the most violence
Defense attorneys attempted to refute accusations that the officers used excessive force to subdue Nichols and followed police policies and standards. Defense attorneys have said the officer who acted with the most violence was Martin, who kicked and punched Nichols several times in the head but is not standing trial.
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Utter BS, watch the video again and educate yourself...
He worked 3rd party at a warehouse, not at the hub.
They’ll be out in less than 5 years. I hope jailhouse justice kicks in.
No but now we’ll hear how white people let them go...
How could you watch that video and find not guilty? Boggles the mind...
The Memphis Police Dept even admitted there was no legal reason to even stop him at all. He wasn’t speeding or doing anything wrong. They watched all the traffic cams...
Midtown liberals... Any liberal would have hung the cops regardless if they were right or wrong.
I was wrong. Just learned on Twitter that the jury was from East Tennessee. That’s odd.
So it was the murdered guys fault ?
what a jackA$$
Same here. All white jury suffering from white privilege, even after watching the videos of this going down. Now those cops will sue the city no doubt.
Maybe that guy that writes all them lawyer books can get a story out of this.
Moral of the story: Don’t go to Memphis, ever.
The truth is that nobody really cares about what blacks do to blacks.
“This Federal/State charges are ridiculous. The founders did not intend for there to be a bypass around prohibition of double jeopardy. It gives the government two bites at the apple.”
I agree.
How racist: “jury appeared to be all white”
Appeared to be all KKK members from Ireland.
Absolutely disgusting. I will never go to Tennessee again.
White guilt. But for whom?
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