Memphis Officers Trial: Tyre Nichols Beating Death | JQJO

Three former Memphis police officers, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith, are on trial for second-degree murder in the death of Tyre Nichols. Prosecutors showed jury video footage of the brutal beating following a traffic stop, highlighting the officers' anger and adrenaline-fueled actions. The defense argued Nichols resisted arrest. The trial, moved outside Memphis due to intense publicity, involves charges including aggravated assault and kidnapping. Two other officers involved, Emmitt Martin and Desmond Mills Jr., are expected to change their pleas. The officers were previously convicted on federal charges, and the Scorpion unit they belonged to has since been disbanded following a Justice Department investigation into excessive force and discrimination within the Memphis Police Department.