Closing arguments were delivered Wednesday in the case of the three former Memphis police officers who were charged in the January 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols. The jury pool in the federal trial is made up of seven men and seven women,

Jurors began their deliberations Thursday, a day after prosecutors and defense attorneys presented closing arguments in the trial of Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith. They were among five officers who were were fired from the Memphis Police Department after the Jan. 7, 2023, beating.