Five former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols will be arraigned on Feb. 17, according to court records.
Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith were charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, and a number of other charges stemming from a traffic stop on earlier this month that resulted in Nichols’s death. Video footage released on the night of Jan. 27 appeared to show the officers kicking and punching Nichols, who died at a hospital several days later.
