Video footage of the fatal encounter included critical moments in which police officers kicked, punched and pepper-sprayed Mr. Nichols, 29, while he screamed.
Tag: Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings
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Tyre Nichols’s Death Is America’s Shame
He is now a marquee victim of a predacious system that America has lost its willingness to confront.
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Memphis Had Avoided Most Volatile Eruptions Over Policing. Until Now.
Despite a series of conflicts, the Memphis police force had not been in the center of the recent national debates over policing. The death of Tyre Nichols changed that.
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Who Was Tyre Nichols? From Sacramento to Memphis, He Cut His Own Path
Social media posts show that Mr. Nichols harbored a mistrust of prevailing government and economic systems, yet, a friend says, he also considered trying to change policing from the inside.
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What Is the Memphis Police SCORPION Unit?
The SCORPION unit’s officers are now accused in the murder of Tyre Nichols.