Mixed Verdict for 3 Memphis Officers Convicted in Tyre Nichols’ Fatal Beating
4th October 2024
All were convicted of witness tampering related to the cover-up of the beating, but Bean and Smith were acquitted of civil rights charges. Haley was acquitted of violating Nichols’ civil rights causing death, but convicted of the lesser charge of violating his civil rights causing bodily injury. He was also convicted of a conspiracy to witness tamper charge that the others were acquitted of.
Since all three officers are black, we were not subjected to the riotous cries of RACISM! that would otherwise attend such an affair.
But I’m sure there’s some band of proglodytes somewhere who are this very minute taking to social media to explain that, yes, black police officers can be and sometimes are racist, ‘racist’ in this context meaning ‘anti-black’.