5 Former Memphis Officers Plead Not Guilty in Death of Tyre Nichols

5 Former Memphis Officers Plead Not Guilty in Death of Tyre Nichols
Five former Memphis police officers who have been charged in the death of Tyre Nichols appear during an arraignment hearing at Shelby County courthouse in Memphis, Tenn. on Feb. 17, 2023. Karen Pulfer Focht/Reuters
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MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Five former Memphis police officers on Friday pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges stemming from last month’s death of Tyre Nichols.

Police video captured images of the officers beating and kicking Nichols, hitting him with a baton, spraying him with pepper spray, and firing a stun gun at him on Jan. 7 following a traffic stop.