Former Memphis officers plead not guilty for death of Tyre Nichols | USA TODAY

The five former Memphis police officers charged with the murder of Tyre Nichols have pleaded not guilty during a court arraignment.

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Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. were each indicted on one count of second-degree murder, aggravated assault, kidnapping, official oppression and two counts of official misconduct.

Body camera and pole mounted surveillance footage showed them aggressively pulling Nichols, 29, from his car and beating him on Jan. 7. Nichols, a FedEx employee, father and skateboarder, died three days later.

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