Mixed verdicts for ex-cops in Tyre Nichols beating death trial

Three ex-Memphis police officers were convicted Thursday in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, but were acquitted of the harshest charges they faced in their federal trial.

After about six hours of deliberating, the jury convicted Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith of witness tampering related to the cover-up of the beating.

Read more coverage of the federal trial in the death of Tyre Nichols from David Matthews in the New York Daily News.