Jury chosen for ex-MPD officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death [Video]

The federal trial for three former Memphis police officers accused in the beating death of Tyre Nichols began Monday, Sept. 9.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jury members were chosen and sworn in Tuesday, Sept. 10, on the second day of federal trial for three of the five former Memphis police officers accused in the beating death of Tyre Nichols.

Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith have all pled not guilty to various charges and will appear in the Odell Horton Federal Building in downtown Memphis.

They will be tried together as co-defendants, and all face the same four charges involving federal civil rights and conspiracy charges in Nichols’ death.

The jury consists of four white men, two Asian men, four white women, four black women and two black men.

One of those jury members told the gallery he is a former coworker with a potential witness. That witness is MPD …