Justin Smith, Demetrius Haley and Tadarrius Bean had been charged with second-degree murder and kidnapping Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's crime desk. He work also appears in ...

A state jury found Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith not guilty on charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, two counts of official ...

Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith Jr. were all charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression for their ...

Former Memphis Police Department officers Tadarrius Bean, left, and Justin Smith hug after they were ... More acquitted of state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal beating of ...

Police Department shows, from top row from left, Police Officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, bottom row from left, Desmond Mills, Jr. and Justin Smith. (Memphis Police ...

Three former Tennessee police officers on trial in the January 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols were acquitted Wednesday of all state charges, including second-degree murder. Jurors took a ...

Bottom row from left to right: Desmond Mills Jr and Justin Smith (Memphis Police Department) The 29-year-old victim fled from a traffic stop on January 7, 2023, after he was yanked out of his car ...

On Wednesday, a Tennessee jury acquitted three former Memphis police officers—Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith—of all state charges, including second-degree murder, in the ...

A jury took about 8 1/2 hours over two days to find Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith not guilty on all charges after a nine-day trial in state court in Memphis. After the jury's ...

Former police officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith — who were previously found guilty of witness tampering but acquitted of civil rights charges following a federal trial ...

A jury found former Memphis police officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith not guilty of all charges in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols in January 2023. Three former ...

The men, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith, faced a total of seven counts in the state trial for their role in the 2023 fatal beating of Nichols, a 29-year-old father who had told ...