Source: Memphis Police Department / Memphis Police Department Tyre Nichols was beaten to death by a group of five Memphis police officers who purposely and violently denied not only his civil rights but his humanity. Three of those officers, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith, were convicted of federal criminal charges despite being acquitted of any wrongdoing by the charges they faced from the state. Unfortunately, those convictions are in jeopardy due to comments made by the judge who presided over the case, according to new reporting by NBC News. U.S.