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

This one hurts.

Los Angeles Times

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

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

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The Independent UK

Chicago police officer in newly released video of man being beaten while in custody was captured in other viral footage the same year

CHICAGO — One of the two Chicago police officers in a video released this week of a man being beaten while in custody was also captured in footage of a suspect being body-slammed on a city street the same year, records show.

Chicago Tribune

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.

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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

Mourners demand justice at funeral for Tyre Nichols as family calls on Congress to combat police violence

Civil rights leaders, Kamala Harris and family members plea for his memory to ‘shine a light on the path toward peace and justice’

The Independent UK

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

Police district councils will give a voice to communities harmed by bad policing

That police misconduct is common should cause us all to think critically about the entire system, and yet we keep paying settlements with hundreds of millions in taxpayer money instead of fixing the cause.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tyre Nichols funeral: Kamala Harris calls on Congress to reform policing in America

Vice President demands Congress pass the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act as thousands attend funeral of man who died after being beaten by police

Evening Standard

‘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

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AFP

US cops fatally shoot fleeing double amputee

Los Angeles (AFP) - Video that appears to show the moments before police officers shot dead a double amputee as he ran away from them on his stumps has emerged in California, as the United States grapples with high-profile episodes of police brutality.

The Independent UK

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?’

AFP

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.

Salon

House GOP kills civil rights panel

"GOP Oversight⁩ tried to toss out the Civil Rights Subcommittee without anybody noticing," Democrat says

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.

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.

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