Editorial: What the Tyre Nichols videos don’t show

The videos of Memphis, Tennessee, police pulling Tyre Nichols from his car and beating him show a gratuitous and vicious assault on an unarmed motorist who appears to try his best to cooperate. There are also things the videos of the fatal Jan. 7 traffic stop don't show, despite efforts by officials and activists to find evidence to back their various assertions about policing in the U.S.

Here are five claims unsupported by the four separate video recordings:

“Race is off the table.”