MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT By Melissa Noel ·Updated September 13, 2023
Five former Memphis police officers were charged Tuesday with federal civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, according to the Department of Justice.
Tadarrius Bean, Desmond Mills, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin, and Justin Smith were indicted Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in Memphis. The four-count indictment charges that each of them willfully deprived Nichols of his constitutional
