MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — After three former Memphis police officers were acquitted Wednesday in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, community and civil rights leaders expressed outrage over another disappointment in the long push for police reform.

Memphis police officers faced state charges, including second-degree murder and aggravated assault, in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.

The acquittal of three former Memphis police officers of state charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols is the latest development in a case that prompted renewed calls for police reforms in the U.