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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. Three former Memphis police officers have been acquitted in the 2023 beating death of Tyree Nichols.
NPR's Debbie Elliott reports that attorneys for the Nichols family are calling the verdicts a devastating miscarriage and denial of justice. A jury pulled from Chattanooga found fired Memphis police detectives Tadarius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith not guilty. District Attorney Steve Mulroy was at a loss after the verdict, given the video evidence showing officers repeatedly beating and kicking Nichols and leaving him gasping for his life with no medical attention.
I personally think any fair-minded person who watches the video would come to the conclusion that everybody there
had some responsibility for Tyron Nichols' death. The ex-officer still faced sentencing on federal civil rights convictions. Nichols' family is pursuing a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Memphis. Debbie Elliott, NPR News. The Trump administration is moving forward with its mass deportation plans. It is now considering sending deported migrants to Libya.
A federal judge says that doing so would violate a court order to give migrants facing deportation the chance to argue their cases in court. Attorneys representing people with final deportation orders sought the ruling, following reports that migrants from Vietnam, Laos, and the Philippines would soon be flown to North Africa.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is taking aim at immigration policies in Illinois. From Member Station WBEZ, Mawa Iqbal reports on Noem's comments during a stop in Springfield. Flanked by Republican state lawmakers, Noem blasted Illinois' sanctuary policies.
which limits state, county, and local police cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Governor Pritzker has created a sanctuary here for those criminals and invited them here with free health care, free housing, free assistance, and facilitated them being protected from being brought to justice. In a statement, Governor J.B. Pritzker defended the state's sanctuary status, saying Illinois, quote, doesn't need to abuse power or ignore the Constitution to keep our people safe.
For NPR News, I'm Mawa Iqbal in Springfield, Illinois. Thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican today to await the results of the first conclave vote to elect a new pope. NPR's Ruth Sherlock was with the crowd as black smoke emanated from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that no agreement had yet been reached on a new pontiff.
I'm surrounded by nuns and priests and other faithful who say they've come to pray to help the cardinals understand God's will and choose the right pope. They're not the only ones who've come to see this. A seagull is perched on the roof of the Sistine Chapel with a front row seat. NPR's Ruth Sherlock in Rome. This is NPR.
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