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Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. A Tennessee jury has acquitted three

former Memphis officers in a high-profile police brutality case. NPR's Debbie Elliott

reports they were accused in the beating death of motorist Tyree Nichols in 2023.

Jurors found fired Memphis police detectives to Darius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and

Justin Smith not guilty on a host of state charges, including second-degree murder and

aggravated kidnapping.

Two other officers had pleaded guilty in the case.

Key prosecution evidence was video showing the officers punch, kick,

and used police batons and pepper spray on Nichols after a traffic stop.

Nichols was black, as are the now former officers involved.

Defense lawyers argued they acted in keeping with Memphis Police Department policy

because Nichols

ran a red light and failed to stop when officers pursued him. Attorneys representing Tyree

Nichols family called the verdict a devastating miscarriage of justice. Debbie Elliott, NPR

News. A crowd in Vatican City on day one of the conclave to choose a new Pope, black smoke pouring

out of a chimney at the Sistine Chapel.

It means the more than 130 Cardinals meeting to choose a succession of Pope Francis to lead

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