Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The future of three former Memphis officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols is in the hands of a jury after weeks of testimony in federal court. Jurors began their deliberations Thursday in the trial of Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith. Prosecutors and defense attorneys presented closing arguments a day earlier. Haley, Bean and Smith pleaded not guilty to federal charges of excessive force, failure to intervene, and obstructing justice through witness tampering. Two other officers pleaded guilty and testified for prosecutors. Jurors repeatedly watched clips of graphic police video of the beating and traffic stop that preceded it.
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