A jury found three former Memphis, Tennessee, police officers accused of all charges of death in Tire Nichols, including the most serious second-degree murder.

The men, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith, face a total of seven counts in the state trial for their role in the 2023 fatal assault of Nichols, a 29-year-old father who told officials he was on his way home while blocking him.

After reading the verdict, they hugged each other and attorneys.

The Nicole family left the court after the verdict. They had a brief conversation with Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy, who said they were “destroyed” and “angry.”

"I think we can understand why there is evidence that they are angry at them," he said.

A total of five former officers were initially fired and charged federal and state crimes related to Nichols' death. Two pleaded guilty in federal court last year and testified against their former colleagues. Both Emmitt Martin and Desmond Mills intend to plead guilty to state crimes.

This is the second time that three officers are facing trial. Last fall, they were in a separate Federal witness tampering case Their behavior misled the superiors. Bean and Smith were acquitted for violating Nichols' civil rights, but a jury found Hailey guilty.

Officers pulled Nichols to a violent traffic stop on January 7, 2023. Nichols hiked after being peppered and threatened with a stun gun. The footage of the graphic body camera and the police community surveillance camera captured the police and then tied, kicked, punched or hit him with a baton while he was detained.

He ended up in cardiac arrest at the scene, according to the respondent's caregiver and medical records. Three days later, he died in the hospital. The autopsy attributes his death to Blunt force.

Jury quarantine throughout the trial From Chattanooga Region Watched videos of multiple arrests from multiple angles. Prosecutors said the people they were trying used or witnessed excessive force but failed to stop it. Prosecutors said officials had not reminded medical responders and Nichols was hit.

For about two and a half days, the prosecutors acted quickly and summoned only five witnesses, including Mills, medical examiner and Nichols' mother, Rovan Wells.

Assistant District Attorney Melanie Headley presented her closing remarks on Monday, encouraging jurors to listen to the videos closely. She said he asked for help when Nichols struggled before his injury.

"Who should help him? Those guys. They have the responsibility - they have the responsibility to help him - they don't." No witnesses told you that the tires were punched, the tires were kicked, the tires were vomited. He has no cus. He didn't...do anything. ”

Headley also highlighted the criminal liability law for jurors, where they could use “the defendant’s inner gui is based on the conduct of another person” to convict a second-degree murder official.

"They're all there," she said. "They're all doing it together."

The defense attorney for three former officers pushed back and said that while Nichols' death was a tragedy, he posed an unknown risk to the officer as he fled the parking lot before being searched.

Each defendant claimed to have used a mandatory expert, and they testified that when they said he refused, they used police training to escalate the force against Nichols in order to handcuff him.

The defense also tried to blame Martin for Nichols' death, who repeatedly kicked and punched Nichols in the head in the video. Smith's attorney and bean disputes were unable to see or stop Martin's behavior due to the heavy use of pepper spray and the chaos of arrests.

"First, they didn't see it, and secondly, they couldn't let the suspect go," said Martin Zummach, representing Smith. "This is the madness of evaluating the case on a slow-motion video in a 70-degree courtroom, while on the dark streets."

Hayley arrived at the arrest site for the last time and kicked Nichols, whose lawyer said it was on his arm and it was necessary to help him put in handcuffs.

"The case started with officials conducting legal investigations, there might be reasons to stop the motorist, there might be reasons to handcuff him and search him, and then collapse from there when Mr. Nichols didn't cooperate," said Stephen Leffler.

The defense presented for the first time evidence of objects found by investigators in Nichols’ cars, including small amounts of hallucinogens. The defense also said Nichols' name had no credit and debit cards and the defense alleged that it was stolen.

The prosecutor said the officer did not know the content when he was arrested and that the content had nothing to do with the officer's actions. Prosecutors said Nichols ran out of a traffic stop due to the officer's active strategy, which included pulling him out of the car and shouting combat threats and orders.

"You know who didn't have a trial this week? Tire Nichols," Headley said. "In this case, he was the victim."

After his death, Nichols' parents have become advocates of police reform. His mother is Sue the City of Memphis for $550 million. The case is scheduled to be tried next year.