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Five Memphis Ex-Cops Plead Not Guilty to Murdering Tyre Nichols

HeadlineFeb 20, 2023

In Memphis, five former police officers pleaded not guilty Friday to murdering Tyre Nichols. Their brutal beating of the 29-year-old Black father, caught on tape, led to his death three days later. Tyre Nichols’s mother RowVaughn Wells spoke after the arraignment.

RowVaughn Wells: “I know my son is gone. I know I’ll never see him again. But we have to start this process of justice right now. And I want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face. They haven’t done that yet.”

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