(7 May 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
POOL
Memphis, Tennessee – 7 May 2025
1. Wide of courtroom, lawyers and defendants standing as jury enters the room
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chattanooga, Tennessee – 7 May 2025
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Thaddeus Johnson, senior fellow at the Council on Criminal Justice, criminologist at Georgia State University, former Memphis police commander:
"For my following, I expected for them to be found not guilty on some charges, but I did expect for them to be found guilty on lesser charges or other charges like facilitation of second degree murder, and maybe not second degree murder. Perhaps it shouldn’t be too surprising with the federal case, even though they were found guilty, they were found guilty of the less serious charges."
POOL
Memphis, Tennessee – 7 May 2025
3. Wide of courtroom ahead of verdict reading
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Chattanooga, Tennessee – 7 May 2025
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Thaddeus Johnson, senior fellow at the Council on Criminal Justice, criminologist at Georgia State University, former Memphis police commander:
"You know, policing is an ugly job. And oftentimes I say a lot of things in policing Is awful, but it’s lawful. Apparently, the jury believed that what happened was awful, but lawful. And what the defense attorney did a really good job was of trying to distribute and level out the layers of culpability. Basically, they kept trying to blame things on Officer (Emmitt) Martin, right? And so he’s one of the officers who already pled guilty. And that his clients that were on trial did not have the same level of culpability."
POOL
Memphis, Tennessee – 7 May 2025
5. Defendants and lawyers stand in court as judge reads verdict
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chattanooga, Tennessee – 7 May 2025
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Thaddeus Johnson, senior fellow at the Council on Criminal Justice, criminologist at Georgia State University, former Memphis police commander:
"I don’t see how officers can continue to punch and kick them in the face, take pictures like it’s a trophy, and there not be something, even if it’s just the charges of official misconduct."
POOL
Memphis, Tennessee – 7 May 2025
7. Wide of courtroom after verdict reading
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chattanooga, Tennessee – 7 May 2025
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Thaddeus Johnson, senior fellow at the Council on Criminal Justice, criminologist at Georgia State University, former Memphis police commander:
"I will tell you that many of my former colleagues that are still police officers, I received texts today. they’re a little confused and I’m looking at one now and they’re like, ‘man, this is just unbelievable.’ They’re saying things like, you know, they’re not sure how bad the city is going to be. What’s the response to the people of the city of Memphis is going to be to them? They feel like the legitimacy has been tanked and that they wonder what the fallout means for them interacting with, with citizens."
POOL
Memphis, Tennessee – 7 May 2025
9. Defendants hug each other and their lawyers after verdict hearing
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chattanooga, Tennessee – 7 May 2025
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Thaddeus Johnson, senior fellow at the Council on Criminal Justice, criminologist at Georgia State University, former Memphis police commander:
POOL
Memphis, Tennessee – 7 May 2025
11. Former Memphis Police Department officers Justin Smith Jr. (right) and Tadarrius Bean, (left) speaking in courtroom after verdict
STORYLINE:
Bean and Smith are out on bond and under house arrest after their federal convictions. Haley is being held in federal prison.
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