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Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 26, 2023

Five Memphis police officers have been indicted on seven charges, including second-degree murder, in the death of Tyre Nichols, the Daily Memphian reports. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith now face charges for what Nichols’ family attorney Ben Crump called a “needless and unnecessary death.” The five officers were believed to be working as part of MPD’s SCORPION unit when they stopped Nichols for alleged reckless driving earlier this month. Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy said each “played a different role in the incident,” but the “actions of all of them resulted in the death” of Nichols. Mulroy said video of the incident will be released tomorrow after 6 p.m. CST. In addition to second-degree murder, all five men are charged with acting in concert of aggravated assault, two aggravated kidnapping charges, two official misconduct charges and official oppression.