The three former officers were convicted of obstructing justice in the 2023 death of Tyre Nichols, but acquitted on the most serious civil rights charge in a federal trial that lasted about a month.

Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith were tried together as co-defendants facing federal civil rights charges related to Tyre Nichols' death.

Three former Memphis officers were convicted Thursday of charges of witness tampering in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, and two were acquitted of federal civil rights violations in a