Five former police officers in Memphis, charged with murder over the death of African-American man Tyre Nichols, have pleaded not guilty.
Washington: Five former police officers in Memphis, who have been charged with murder over the death of African-American man Tyre Nichols, have pleaded not guilty in their first court appearance.
The 29-year-old died in a hospital on January 10, three days after a traffic stop by Memphis police.
On January 27, the Memphis Police Department released four graphic videos, totalling more than an hour of footage, showing the five former police officers, who are also black, brutally beating the victim.
Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr, Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith were fired after an internal investigation by the police department, the BBC reported.
