Re: death of Tyre Nichols, defendants acquitted of all state charges

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

May 8, 2025 12:00:22 PM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:

Jury will not reign in cops who were bad actors in death of Tyre
Nichols.

3 former Memphis officers acquitted in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols
after he fled a traffic stop
By ADRIAN SAINZ and KRISTIN M. HALL
AP
Updated 5:08 PM CDT, May 7, 2025

https://apnews.com/article/tyre-nichols-death-memphis-officers-trial-bad7bc4273fcc272f7b884d5d7386261

Two other officers had pled guilty to state and federal charges. Defense
strategy? Blame them.

Here's an attorney's thoughts about the jury.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks83gBNpQwA

The incident happened January 7, 2023. Nichols dies of injuries he
sustained three days later.

Well, if he sustained the injuries three days later, how could that be
attributable to what the cops did to him, right or wrong?

Ok, ok, I left out the date of death. The trauma inflicted by the five
cops was at the incident on the 7th. He died of those injuries three
days later.

The three former police officers were already convicted of federal
charges, but federal sentencing for all five has been delayed till the
trial on state charges ended.