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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Gustaf Kilander

Jim Jordan slammed for saying police reform couldn’t have prevented ‘evil’ in Tyre Nichols beating

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Ohio Republican Representative Jim Jordan has been slammed for arguing that there’s no legislation that could have prevented the beating by police officers that led to the death of Tyre Nichols, 29, in Memphis, Tennessee.

The chair of the House Judiciary Committee said on NBC’s Meet The Press that he was unsure that “any law, any training, any reform” could have prevented the assault that took place during a traffic stop.

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