Five fired Memphis police officers were charged Thursday with second-degree murder and other crimes in the arrest and death of Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist who died three days after a confrontation with the officers during a traffic stop.

Shelby County Sheriff's Office online records show that Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith were in custody.

All five are charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression.

"While each of the five individuals played a different role in the incident in question, the actions of all of them resulted in the death of Tyre Nichols, and they are all responsible," Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said during a news conference Thursday. 

Mulroy said police video of the traffic stop, in which Nichols' family and their lawyers say the 29-year-old father and FedEx worker was savagely beaten for three minutes, will be released to the public on Friday.

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