Article 68ZBC Tyre Nichols death: five ex-officers plead not guilty to murder charges

Tyre Nichols death: five ex-officers plead not guilty to murder charges

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Officers plead not guilty to second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping and official misconduct

Five former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty on Friday to second-degree murder and other charges in the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols.

Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr, Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith made their first court appearances with their lawyers before a judge in Shelby county criminal court. The officers were fired after an internal police investigation into the 7 January arrest of Nichols, who died in a hospital three days later.

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