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Three Memphis, Tennessee police officers were convicted in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in a traffic stop last year, reported NBC News. The three officers, Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith, and Taddarius Bean were convicted of witness tampering. Haley was further convicted of violating civil rights causing bodily injury, but acquitted of the more serious charge of violating civil rights causing death. Smith and Bean were acquitted of all civil rights charges. Both Nichols and all three police officers are Black. The officers were members of the so-called SCORPION unit, which was tasked with …

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