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A jury acquitted three former Memphis police officers of state charges, including second-degree murder, in the 2023 beating of Tyre Nichols, who died after being violently subdued by the officers in January 2023. The acquittals followed previous federal convictions for some officers on related charges. Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was brutalized by five officers from the disbanded Scorpion Unit, who were all also Black. The beating sparked widespread protests.

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