During closing arguments of the federal criminal trial for three of the five former Memphis police officers charged with fatally beating Tyre Nichols,

While acquitted on the most serious charges, three officers were all convicted on at least one count Three Memphis officers on trial in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols were convicted on charges related to the fatal 2023 beating but were acquitted on the most serious counts.

Three former Memphis officers have been convicted of charges of witness tampering in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, and two were acquitted of federal civil rights violations in a death that sparked national protests and calls for broad changes in policing.