Three ex-Memphis police officers were convicted Thursday in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, but were acquitted of the harshest charges they faced in their federal trial.

Lawyers for three former Memphis officers have rested their cases without calling them to testify in their defense against charges that they violated Tyre Nichols’ civil rights when he was fatally beaten after a 2023 traffic stop.

Three former Memphis police officers were convicted in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, but were acquitted of the harshest charges.

Three former Memphis police officers were found guilty on Thursday of federal witness tampering charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man. They were acquitted of the more serious charge of violating his civil rights by causing his death.

Three officers charged in connection to the beating death of Tyre Nichols received mixed verdicts Thursday in Memphis, Tennessee. CBS News' Elise Preston breaks down the trial's results.