Ex-cops not guilty in Tyre Nichols death, Black Vets Capitol Hill protest, Racist DOGE employee
#RolandMartinUnfiltered
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🗓️ 8 May 2025
⏱️ 114 minutes
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5.7.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Ex-cops not guilty in Tyre Nichols death, Black Vets Capitol Hill protest, Racist DOGE employee
Three former officers *acquitted*-- in the brutal beating death of Tyre Nichols. An all-white jury... and zero convictions. Civil Rights attorney Ben Crump is here to discuss what the verdict means for justice and policing in Black America.
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| 0:35.2 | Folks, starting a decision out of Memphis, where an all-wide jury, not from Memphis, |
| 0:40.8 | but from a neighboring county, Hamilton County, cleared three of the former Memphis cops |
| 0:45.9 | in the beating death of Tyree Nichols. |
| 0:48.6 | This was completely stunning to so many different people. |
| 0:53.5 | This was the state trial. And remember, |
| 0:56.4 | they had already been convicted in federal trial, but sentencing was delayed until the outcome of |
| 1:02.7 | this, the outcome of this state trial. And because of all the attention, they chose this jury from Hamilton County. |
| 1:12.1 | Deliberated eight and a half hour to Darius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Justice Smith, Jr., |
| 1:17.4 | all charged with and cleared a second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, |
| 1:22.3 | official misconduct, and official oppression. |
| 1:25.2 | This is what was the verdict when it was read in the courtroom. |
| 1:30.5 | Demetrius Haley, not guilty. |
| 1:36.8 | Count two, we the jury find the defendant, Justin Smith, not guilty. |
| 1:49.1 | Count three, aggravated kidnapping with bodily injury. We the jury find the defendant to Darius Bean not guilty. Count three, we |
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