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Legal experts fear Chicago’s slow police reforms could lead to a Tyre Nichols incident 8 years after Laquan McDonald firestorm

CHICAGO — The video-recorded killing of Tyre Nichols that led to charges against police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, stirred echoes in Chicago, where eight years ago another recorded death similarly sent shock waves across the nation and spurred public demand for police reform.

Chicago Tribune

Tyre Nichols - updates: 20 hours of video missing as pressure grows on Biden over police reform

More than 20 hours of video related to Nichols’ beating has yet to be released

The Independent UK

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Memphis police brutality: Tyre Nichols' killing sparks outrage in US

This week, America was rocked by the brutal killing of Tyre Nichols. The 29-year-old Black man was killed during a traffic stop by an elite police unit made up of five police officers who are also Black. His beating in Memphis, Tennessee was viewed across the country through a series…

France 24

Editorial: Rooting out bad apples in law enforcement

Even before the city of Memphis released video of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols’ brutal beating during a traffic stop, the five city police officers involved were given a familiar moniker: bad apples.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: What finally sunk me on the Memphis videos? 5 Black officers’ embrace of racist depravity

This one hurts.

Los Angeles Times

Adam Minter: Memphis police need to learn from Minneapolis’s mistakes

In Minneapolis, the video of Tyre Nichols’s fatal beating at the hands of Memphis police officers triggered unwelcome flashbacks. Just two and a half years ago, the city erupted with riots after video emerged of George Floyd’s murder. In the aftermath, hopes that Minneapolis’s troubled police department might be reformed…

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After Tyre Nichols funeral, Biden faces pressure on policing

President Joe Biden is facing fresh pressure to make progress on police legislation after the killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis

The Independent UK

Tears and anger as US police beating victim Tyre Nichols laid to rest

Memphis (AFP) - Civil rights leaders, family and friends came together in a Memphis church Wednesday to bid farewell to Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old African American whose fatal beating by police shocked the nation -- and triggered urgent calls for reform.

AFP

At Tyre Nichols’ funeral, Kamala Harris calls for national police reform

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Congress must act to pass national police reform, Vice President Kamala Harris told mourners at the Wednesday funeral of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Black man who died after being beaten bloody by Memphis police officers last month.

Los Angeles Times

Tyre Nichols officers used force in prior cases and failed to document it

Two officers were reprimanded for failing to document incidents and two others were suspended for infractions, records show

The Guardian - US

Memphis police accused of ‘shielding’ white officer involved in Tyre Nichols beating

Officer pulled Nichols ‘violently’ from his car while hitting him on ground with taser

The Independent UK

‘He was robbed of his life’: in Memphis, tributes to Tyre Nichols – and a call to action

Hundreds braved the cold in Tennessee to grieve the 29-year-old Black motorist who died after being beaten by five police officers

The Guardian - US

Kamala Harris speaks at Tyre Nichols funeral in Memphis calling on Congress to pass police reform legislation

‘This violent act was not in pursuit of public safety ... Was he not also entitled to the right to be safe?’

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Police beating victim Tyre Nichols laid to rest in Memphis

Memphis (AFP) - Hundreds gathered in a Memphis church Wednesday to bid farewell to Tyre Nichols, an African American man who died after being brutally beaten by police, with civil rights leaders Al Sharpton leading the high-profile service attended by Vice President Kamala Harris.

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The Conversation

Tyre Nichols' death underscores the troubled history of specialized police units

The officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols were not your everyday uniformed patrol officers.

The Independent UK

Watch: Tyre Nichols laid to rest in funeral service

Mourners gathered to bid farewell to Tyre Nichols at a funeral service in Memphis, Tennassee.

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Al Jazeera

Activists link death of Tyre Nichols to ‘cowboy’ police culture

Local groups call for greater transparency and accountability following the death of the 29-year-old US father.

The Guardian - US

Tyre Nichols funeral: Kamala Harris condemns ‘violent act not in pursuit of public safety’ – as it happened

Nichols, 29, died after being beaten by Memphis police officers following a traffic stop

WEKU

4 of the 5 officers charged in Tyre Nichols' death had prior violations at work

Five officers have been indicted over the beating death of Nichols. Four of them had been disciplined earlier by the Memphis police department for car crashes, failure to report use of force and more.

The Independent UK

Initial Memphis police report falsely claims Tyre Nichols ‘fought’ officers

Memphis police claimed in an incident report that Tyre Nichols was ‘irate’, refused arrest, fought officers and tried to steal a gun from one.

Tribune News Service

2 officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death previously reprimanded by Memphis Police Department

Two Memphis officers charged with murder in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols have received reprimands in connection with forcible arrests in the past, according to a new report.

Axios

VP Harris condemns "violent act" behind Tyre Nichols' death at his funeral

He will be remembered by friends and family at a funeral in a Memphis church.

The Independent UK

Records: Minor infractions for officers before Nichols case

Memphis police records show four of five Memphis officers charged with killing Tyre Nichols after violently beating him committed previous infractions

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