Verdict on the horizon for ex-officers on trial for alleged traffic stop murder of Tyre Nichols

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Verdicts could be made Wednesday in the state murder trial against three former Memphis police officers accused in the January 2023 traffic stop beating death of Memphis civilian Tyre Nichols. On the night of January 7, 2023, investigators say that officers with the Memphis Police Department‘s now-defunct SCORPION Unit pulled Nichols over in Hickory Hill for alleged reckless driving. Investigators say he ran from the initial traffic stop at Ross and East Raines Road until officers caught him at Ross and Castlegate Lane near his parents’ house. Five now-former MPD officers are accused of fatally beating...