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George Floyd’s family will attend funeral of Tyre Nichols

The family of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed by Minneapolis police officers in 2020, will be among the mourners at Tyre Nichols’ funeral.

Tribune News Service

The death of Tyre Nichols after an encounter with the Memphis Police Scorpion unit has left the city reeling

Tyre Nichols's death has shone a light on a specialised policing unit that was supposed to help prevent violent crime in Memphis. WARNING: Readers might find some details in this story distressing.

ABC News

Commentary: How can we get justice for Tyre Nichols and other victims of police brutality?

On Jan. 7, Memphis police officers stopped 29-year-old Tyre Nichols for a traffic violation and then beat him so viciously that he was hospitalized and died three days later.

Los Angeles Times

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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…

Los Angeles Times

Police statements tell the first version of an incident. Then video footage comes out

Memphis authorities initially said Tyre Nichols was taken into custody after two "confrontations" with police. Video footage released later shows Nichols being fatally beaten by officers.

WEKU

Editorial: Every officer in the country should be required to watch the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols

Shortly after the Memphis Police Department released video Friday night showing five of its officers wildly beating the life out of an unarmed, 29-year-old, amateur photographer named Tyre Nichols, the president of Maryland’s Fraternal Order of Police issued a statement.

Tribune News Service

Tyre Nichols case shows officers still fail to intervene

As Memphis police officers attacked Tyre Nichols with their feet, fists and a baton, others held Nichols down or milled about, even as he cried out in pain before his body went limp

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'Thirty years on from Rodney King now police just film their own brutality'

Darren Lewis reflects on the brutal death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police officers

Daily Mirror

In the city where Tyre Nichols was killed, some refuse to watch beating video that 'exploits' Black grief

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — When it came time for Memphis officials to release graphic footage from the police beating of Tyre Nichols, Amber Sherman couldn't stand to watch.

Los Angeles Times

Tyre Nichols case revives calls for change in police culture

Police video of the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols by officers in Memphis, Tennessee, is hard to watch

The Independent UK

Trump says beating of Nichols 'never should have happened'

Former President Donald Trump says the footage of the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers is “horrible” and that the attack “never should have happened.”

The Independent UK

Minnesota activists renew call for reform after Memphis police killing

MINNEAPOLIS — Local groups and activists renewed calls Saturday for police reform in Minnesota, reeling anew after seeing video released by the Memphis Police Department that showed officers tasing and beating a 29-year-old Black man to death.

Tribune News Service

Memphis beating video puts spotlight on first police account

Newly released video shows Memphis police officers battering motorist Tyre Nichols with punches and kicks and also using pepper spray and a baton

The Independent UK

The killing of Tyre Nichols was heinous and shocking. It was also not an aberration

The majority of Americans have resigned themselves to accepting policing as it currently exists. This must change

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Los Angeles Times

Memphis releases graphic video of Tyre Nichols’ brutal beating; family calls for peaceful protest

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The city of Memphis released nearly an hour of graphic video Friday evening showing the beating of Tyre Nichols, footage capturing the moment-by-moment developments of a traffic stop that spiraled into a savage display of force, once again leaving an American city reeling from police violence.

The Independent UK

Grizzlies, other NBA teams speak out on Tyre Nichols' death

The outrage, frustration, sadness and anger over the killing of Tyre Nichols was evident around the NBA on Friday

The Conversation

'Acts that defy humanity:' 3 essential reads on police brutality, race and the power of video evidence

In the case of the five Black, former Memphis police officers accused of murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, justice has moved quickly.

Los Angeles Times

Mother of Tyre Nichols calls for peaceful protests when ‘horrific’ video is released

MEMPHIS, Tennessee — The mother of Tyre Nichols called for peaceful protests in anticipation of the release of video of her son’s fatal beating by Memphis police that led to murder charges against five officers.

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US authorities release police video in death of Tyre Nichols

Memphis police chief says the video, which shows police beating a Black motorist, depicts ‘acts that defy humanity’.

Manchester Evening News

Face of Brit teen who carried out racist attack on Manchester memorial and whose far-right hate videos influenced deadly US mass shooter

Daniel Harris, 19, was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court

Daily Mirror

Warped mind of evil Brit teen who inspired two mass shootings in US as he's jailed

Daniel Harris, 19, from Derbyshire, UK, posted videos far-right extremist videos which were shared by Payton Gendron, who has admitted a supermarket shooting in Buffalo, New York

The Guardian - US

Google let Daily Wire advertise on ‘climate change is a hoax’ searches

Exclusive: Data shared by Center for Countering Digital Hate shows Ben Shapiro’s site bought ads on climate crisis denial search terms

Los Angeles Times

Ex-Memphis police officers charged with murder in beating of Tyre Nichols; video to be released Friday

Five former police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, were charged with second-degree murder Thursday in the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop, authorities said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot lets loose on Vallas, Garcia at spirited forum of mayoral front-runners

Fighting for her political life, Mayor Lori Lightfoot called Jesus “Chuy” Garcia the “original defunder” of police and Paul Vallas a resume inflater who takes his marching orders from the Fraternal Order of Police and its “repugnant” president John Catanzara.

Reason

Public Unions vs. the Public Good

Elected leaders come and go, but public unions just say no.

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