Three former Memphis officers were acquitted Wednesday of state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he ran away from a traffic stop, a death that sparked nationwide protests and prompted renewed calls for police reforms in the U.S.
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00:00All right, polling the jury, having found that this is a unanimous verdict, the court
00:12will read the verdict as follows, an indictment 2300241, State of Tennessee v. Teterious Bean,
00:22Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith, if counsel would like to stand with their clients.
00:28The verdicts read as follows, count one, secondary murder, we the jury, find the defendant, Teterious
00:45Bean, not guilty, count one, we the jury, find the defendant, Demetrius Haley, not guilty,
00:55count one, we the jury, find the defendant, Justice Smith, not guilty, count two, aggravated
01:09assault, acting in concert, we the jury, find the defendant, Teterious Bean, not guilty, count
01:19count two, we the jury, find the defendant, Demetrius Haley, not guilty, count two, we the jury,
01:31find the defendant, Justin Smith, not guilty, count three, aggravated kidnapping with bodily
01:40bodily injury, we the jury, with bodily injury, we the jury, find the defendant, Teterious Bean,
01:45not guilty, count three, we the jury, find the defendant, Demetrius Haley, not guilty, count
01:58three, we the jury, find the defendant, Justin Smith, not guilty, count four, aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon,
02:09with a deadly weapon, we the jury, find the defendant, Teterious Bean, not guilty, count four, we the jury, find the defendant,
02:20Demetrius Haley, not guilty, count four, we the jury, find the defendant, Justin Smith, not guilty, count five, official misconduct,
02:36misconduct, unauthorized exercise of official authority, we the jury, find the defendant, Teterious Bean, not guilty, count five,
02:47we the jury, find the defendant, Demetrius Haley, not guilty, count five, we the jury, find the defendant,
02:57Justin Smith, not guilty, we the jury, find the defendant, Teterious Bean, not guilty, we the jury, find the defendant,
03:10Teterious Bean, not guilty, not guilty, we the jury, find the defendant, Teterious Bean, not guilty, count seven,
03:27count seven, official oppression, we the jury, find the defendant, Teterious Bean, not guilty, count seven,
03:36we the jury, find the defendant, Demetrius Haley, not guilty, count seven, we the jury, find the defendant,
03:45Justin Smith, not guilty, all verdict forms have been signed by the four-person attorneys, you can have a seat with your clients,
03:55ladies and gentlemen, the jury, you have performed your duty, we appreciate the time and attention that you have.