In Tennessee, jurors on Tuesday began deliberating in the trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with murdering Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black father who died after the officers brutally beat him during a traffic stop in January 2023. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith were convicted on federal charges last year. State Prosecutor Tanisha Johnson was the last attorney to speak to the jury on Tuesday before deliberations.

Tanisha Johnson: “If you follow the facts in the law, your mind can rest easy that there sits three men who are criminally responsible for the murder, the aggravated kidnapping and the aggravated assault of Tyre Nichols, as well as official misconduct and official oppression. Find them all guilty as charged of every charge.”