PHOTO COLLECTION: Tyre Nichols

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

FILE – A portrait of Tyre Nichols is displayed at a memorial service for him on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 in Memphis, Tenn. Nichols was killed during a traffic stop with Memphis Police on Jan. 7. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz, File
Former Memphis Police Department officers Demetrius Haley, left, and Tadarrius Bean, center, hug as Justin Smith Jr., right, becomes emotional behind them after they were acquitted of state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he ran away from a traffic stop. Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (Chris Day/Commercial Appeal/USA Today Network via AP, Pool)
Keyana Dixon, the sister of Tyre Nichols, closes her eyes as former Memphis Police Department officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith Jr. were found not guilty on all charges on the ninth day of the trial for the death of Nichols in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Chris Day/Commercial Appeal/USA Today Network via AP, Pool)
Former Memphis Police Department officer Justin Smith Jr., right, becomes emotional as he hugs Michael Stengel, left, the defense attorney for fellow former officer Demetrius Haley, after Smith and the other two former officers were found not guilty on all charges by the jury on the ninth day of the trial for the death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tenn., Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Chris Day/Commercial Appeal/USA Today Network via AP, Pool)
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy speaks to the media after the trial of three former Memphis police officers, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith, who were found not guilty in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Assistant District Attorney Paul Hagerman, top left, speaks the RowVauhn Wells, second from right, and her family before the verdict for three former Memphis police officers accused in the 2023 fatal beating of her son, Tyre Nichols, is read in court Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, Pool)
Judge James Jones Jr., listens during closing arguments in the trial of three former Memphis police officers accused in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, Pool)
Assistant District Attorney Tanisha Johnson delivers closing arguments during the trial of three former Memphis police officers accused in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, Pool)
Defense attorney Martin Zummach representing former Memphis Police Department officer Justin Smith Jr., delivers a closing argument during the trial of his client and two other former Memphis police officers accused in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, Pool)
Ben Crump, attorney for the family of Tyre Nichols, speaks during a news conference after the day’s proceedings during the trial of three former Memphis police officers accused in the 2023 fatal beating of Nichols, Monday, May 5, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
John Keith Perry Jr., defense attorney for former Memphis Police Department officer Tadarrius Bean, delivers a closing statement during the trial against Bean, one of three former police officers accused in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, Monday, May 5, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, Pool)
Former Memphis Police Department officer Demetrius Haley, right, one of three former Memphis officers charged with fatally beating Tyre Nichols in 2023, speaks with his attorney, Michael Stengel, left, in the courtroom during his trial, Monday, May 5, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, Pool)
Assistant District Attorney Melanie Headley delivers closing arguments during the trial of three former Memphis police officers accused in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, Monday, May 5, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, Pool)
Assistant District Attorney Melanie Headley, left, delivers closing arguments during the trial of three former Memphis police officers accused in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, Monday, May 5, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, Pool)
Former Memphis Police Department officer Tadarrius Bean, one of three former officers charged with fatally beating Tyre Nichols in 2023, takes the stand to decline to testify on his own behalf during the sixth day of the trial, Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal via AP, Pool)
Former Memphis Police Department officer Demetrius Haley, one of three former officers charged with fatally beating Tyre Nichols in 2023, takes the stand to decline to testify on his own behalf during the sixth day of the trial, Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal via AP, Pool)
Former Memphis Police Department officer Justin Smith Jr., one of three former officers charged with fatally beating Tyre Nichols in 2023, takes the stand to decline to testify on his own behalf during the sixth day of the trial, Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal via AP, Pool)
Judge James Jones Jr. listens to Shelby County Deputy District Attorney Paul Hagerman as he questions a witness during the sixth day of the trial for the death of Tyre Nichols on Saturday, May 3, 2025 in Memphis, Tenn. (Chris Day/Commercial Appeal/USA Today Network via AP, Pool)
Don Cameron, a use of force expert, watches the body camera footage of former Memphis Police Department officer Preston Hemphill as attorneys for both sides and the defendants look on during the sixth day of the trial for the death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tenn., on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Chris Day/Commercial Appeal/USA Today Network via AP, Pool)
RowVaughn Wells, the mother of Tyre Nichols, looks away as her son is visible in body camera footage being shown in court during the fourth day of the trial for the death of Tyre Nichols at 201 Poplar on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal via AP, Pool)
Robert Long, a former Memphis Fire Department EMT, answers a question while on the stand as a witness during the fourth day of the trial for the death of Tyre Nichols at 201 Poplar on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal via AP, Pool)
Forensic medical examiner Dr. Marco Ross presents photographic evidence before the jury during the trial of three former Memphis police officers accused in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, Pool)
Attorney Martin Zummach, who represents former Memphis Police Officer Justin Smith Jr., one of three former Memphis officers charged with fatally beating Tyre Nichols in 2023, presents evidence in the courtroom during trial, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, Pool)
Former Memphis Police Department Officer Preston Hemphill testifies during the trial of three former Memphis police officers accused in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, Pool)
Former Memphis Police Department Officer, Preston Hemphill, second from left, testifies during the trial of three former Memphis police officers accused in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, Pool)
RowVaughn Wells, mother of Tyre Nichols, left, is embraced by a community member while entering the courtroom Tuesday, April 29, 2025, during the second day of a trial against former Memphis police officers accused of fatally beating her son in a 2023 traffic stop in Memphis, Tenn. (Andrea Morales for MLK50 via AP, Pool)
Desmond Mills Jr., a former Memphis Police Department officer who has taken a plea deal, second from left, identifies officers in body camera footage of the traffic stop of Tyre Nichols during the second day of the state trial for the death of Nichols at 201 Poplar in Memphis, Tenn., on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Chris Day/Commercial Appeal/USA Today Network via AP, Pool)
RowVaughn Wells, the mother of Tyre Nichols, smiles as she looks down at a photo of her son that is being submitted as evidence while she takes the stand as a witness during the first day of the criminal trial for the death of Nichols in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday, April 28, 2025. (Chris Day/Commercial Appeal/USA Today Network, via AP, Pool)
John Keith Perry, defense attorney for former Memphis Police Department officer Tadarrius Bean, gives his opening statement during the first day of the state criminal trial for the death of Tyre Nichols at 201 Poplar in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday, April 28, 2025. (Chris Day/Commercial Appeal/USA Today Network, via AP, Pool)
Former Memphis Police officer Demetrius Haley, left, appears in a Shelby County courtroom on Monday, April 28, 2025, to stand trial for second-degree murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols after a 2023 traffic stop in Memphis. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian via AP, Pool)
FILE – Candles spell out the name of Tyre Nichols during a candlelight vigil for Nichols on the anniversary of his death, Jan. 7, 2024, in Memphis. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht, file)
FILE – The former Memphis police officers accused of murder in the death of Tyre Nichols appear with their attorneys at an indictment hearing at the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center on Feb. 17, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill, File)

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