Death during inspection
Three ex-US police officers found guilty
In the USA, three former police officers have been found guilty of beating and fatally injuring Tyre Nichols, an African-American man, in January 2023. The 29-year-old was caught up in a traffic stop in Memphis and died in hospital after being beaten.
However, former police officers Bean, Haley and Smith were all acquitted of the charge of violating Nichols' civil rights resulting in death - the most serious charge. The jury found Haley guilty of violating rights resulting in bodily injury. There were also guilty verdicts for witness tampering. The exact sentence will not be announced until January. The ex-security guards are facing up to 20 years in prison.
Trial for murder to follow
In addition, they still face a trial at federal level, including for second-degree murder, a kind of intermediate stage between manslaughter and murder.
As reported, 29-year-old Nichols was caught up in a traffic stop in Memphis on January 7, 2023, and a total of five police officers beat him up. He died in hospital three days later. Both the accused officers and the victim are African-American. Weeks later, videos of the incident were released, causing outrage and horror worldwide. The five officers involved were dismissed and charged.
Two of the former officers have already pleaded guilty. During the trial, the jury watched the video several times, which shows the police officers brutally beating Nichols, hitting him with a baton and repeatedly kicking him while the 29-year-old desperately screams for his mother.
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