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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

The Guardian - US

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.

Los Angeles Times

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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 Independent UK

'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.

The Conversation

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.

Los Angeles Times

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’.

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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

Manchester Evening News

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

Daily Mirror

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

The Guardian - US

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.

Los Angeles 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.

Chicago Sun-Times

Public Unions vs. the Public Good

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

Reason

Real-world events trigger online hate toward unrelated groups, study finds

Researchers say finding could help moderators predict when content is likely to be published and what to look out for

The Guardian - UK

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Salon

Police thuggery is getting worse

"They're trying to George Floyd me," Keenan Anderson cried out as multiple Los Angeles police officers subdued him

The Guardian - UK

‘Abuse of power comes as no surprise’: after David Carrick, Jenny Holzer’s words are more relevant than ever

The artist emblazoned her political work on to a billboard in Times Square in 1982, but I thought of it after Weinstein, Trump, Wayne Couzens … How many more times?

Los Angeles Times

LAPD ban of 'thin blue line' flags is latest salvo in culture war

LOS ANGELES — For some, the "thin blue line" flag is an expression of solidarity with police officers who have lost their lives on the job.

Daily Mirror

Son, 5, sues police for $50m after death of dad tasered six times as he begs for help

English teacher Keenan Anderson, 31, was pinned to the ground by police in Venice, Los Angeles, and tasered six times in less than a minute after a hit-and-run traffic accident

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Temple kept its commitment to open a center on anti-racism. Penn State didn't. What does that mean?

PHILADELPHIA — It was in the days after George Floyd's murder, and longtime Temple professor Molefi Kete Asante wrote a blistering five-page letter to then-university president Richard M. Englert. He called on the school to do more to support the Africology and African American studies department and combat racism.

Tribune News Service

Chauvin’s attorney makes case for new trial to Minnesota Court of Appeals

MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin's attorney on Wednesday morning made his argument before the Minnesota Court of Appeals to throw out his convictions in the murder of George Floyd, the latest and what could be the final courtroom proceeding in his case that spans nearly three years.

Axios

Derek Chauvin asks appeals court to throw out George Floyd murder convictions

The appeals court said it would issue a ruling on Chauvin's murder convictions within 90 days.

The Independent UK

Derek Chauvin asks appeals court to throw out murder conviction for George Floyd’s death

Attorney for former Minneapolis police officer asks judge to overturn state murder convictions

Daily Mirror

George Floyd's police officer killer argues he didn't have fair trial in appeal

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, 46, pinned George Floyd to the ground with his knee on his neck for nine and a half minutes has launched an appeal against his conviction

WEKU

Derek Chauvin's lawyer asks a Minnesota appeals court to toss his murder convictions

Chauvin is currently serving concurrent state and federal sentences in an Arizona prison. The three-person Court of Appeals says it will issue its opinion within 90 days.

WEKU

Maine newspaper apologizes for running a redacted version of 'I Have a Dream' speech

Critics of the Bangor Daily News said the redacted version promotes a whitewashed and sanitized version of Martin Luther King Jr. that does not convey his radical views and work as an activist.

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