Jury Acquits Two Officers Of Violating Tyre Nichols’ Civil Rights, But Convicts On Other Charges
A federal juryacquitted two former Memphis police officers on Thursday for violating the civil rights of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, in January 2023 during a traffic stop just minutes away from his parents’ home. They were convicted on witness tampering charges, and a third officer was convicted of violating Nichols’ civil rights, though on a lesser charge.