Tesfaye Negussie is a Digital Video Reporter/Producer with a focus on national news in the United States. He has written for ABC Network News and Krmg, and his work has also appeared in Yahoo News, AOL, Inc., ABC30, and 6abc WPVI-TV Philadelphia. Tesfaye covers a range of topics including breaking news, trials, social justice issues, and human interest stories.
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By: Tesfaye Negussie, Deena Zaru, Meredith Deliso
Three former Memphis officers were convicted Thursday of charges of witness tampering in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, and two were acquitted of federal civil rights violations in a death that sparked national protests and calls for broad changes in policing.
By: Tesfaye Negussie, Deena Zaru, Meredith Deliso
There ex-Memphis officers have been convicted of witness tampering in the beating death of Tyre Nichols. One officer was found guilty of civil rights violations.
By: Tesfaye Negussie, Deena Zaru, Meredith Deliso
A federal jury has reached a mixed verdict against three former Memphis police officers charged in the beating death of Tyre Nichols. Nichols was beaten after running away during a traffic stop in January 2023 in Memphis and died three days later. Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith and Tadarrius Bean were charged with violating Nichols' civil rights through excessive use of force, unlawful assault, failing to intervene in the assault and failing to render medical aid.
By: Tesfaye Negussie, Deena Zaru, Meredith Deliso
Tesfaye Negussie, Deena Zaru, and Meredith Deliso ABC News Three former officers were all found guilty of obstruction.
By: Deena Zaru, Tesfaye Negussie
Former officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith were all found guilty of obstruction last Thursday.
By: Deena Zaru, Tesfaye Negussie
A federal judge on Monday ordered Demetrius Haley, one of the three former Memphis Police officers convicted in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, to be held without bond until sentencing on Jan. 22, 2025, according to ABC's Memphis affiliate WATN.
By: Tesfaye Negussie
A judge denied a motion to introduce prior “bad acts” committed by Brett Hankison in the case regarding the night Breonna Taylor was killed in a botched 2020 police raid.
By: Tesfaye Negussie, Deena Zaru
Attorneys for two former Memphis police officers convicted of obstruction in the beating death of Tyre Nichols filed motions for acquittal.
The initial federal trial ended in a mistrial last year when the jury reached an impasse because they were not able to reach a unanimous decision.
By: Tesfaye Negussie, Faith Abubey
The FRRC successfully restored voting rights for more than 1.4 million people through Amendment 4, which gives felons voting rights if they completed their sentences.
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