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Historical amnesia and the end of days

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Salon

Don't Just Hire 'Better Cops.' Punish the Bad Ones.

Convincing law enforcement officers that those who do wrong will suffer consequences is by far the most powerful tool for changing police behavior in the long run.

Reason

Fired Memphis EMT says police impeded Tyre Nichols' care

A former Memphis Fire Department emergency medical technician has told a Tennessee board that officers “impeded patient care” by refusing to remove Tyre Nichols’ handcuffs, which would have allowed EMTs to check Nichols' vital signs after he was brutally beaten by police

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Documents detail EMTs' failure to aid Tyre Nichols

Documents provided to The Associated Press show that two Memphis Fire Department emergency medical technicians who were fired and had their licenses suspended for failing to give aid to Tyre Nichols for 19 minutes after he was brutally beaten by police did not perform basic examinations, including checking his vital…

The Independent UK

How elite police units hunt humans

You have to wonder about the very urge to name an “elite” police unit after a deadly creature

Salon

Dining across the divide US special: ‘We were on the brink of an uncomfortable conversation’

They are both Democrats, but what subjects – from Ukraine to defunding the police – would leave them at odds?

The Guardian - UK

5 mayoral hopefuls discuss community-based answers to gun violence at forum on youth

Good Kids Mad City leaders press candidates on the Peace Book Ordinance, which would divert 2% of police funding for youth-led anti-violence programs in neighborhoods.

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4th Fire Department employee probed in Tyre Nichols case

A top Memphis official says a fourth Fire Department employee is being investigated as part of the city’s probe into the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols

The Independent UK

Memphis to consider version of Philadelphia law that bans minor traffic stops in response to Tyre Nichols killing

A Philadelphia law that bars police from pulling over drivers for some minor traffic offenses has inspired a similar bill in Memphis, Tenn., where five police officers are facing murder charges for the January death of Tyre Nichols.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Black activist threatened with ‘execution’ by British ‘Neo Nazi group’ in chilling letter

Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu says she received a letter at her home address on Monday from a sender claiming to a part of National Action, an extremist group, saying she’s on their “kill list” and will be “executed”

The Independent UK

Accountability or surveillance? Palm Beach County deputies can now livestream from body cameras

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office recently became one of the last departments in South Florida to equip its deputies with body cameras. Now, it is one of the first in the state to use cameras that livestream.

Tribune News Service

Former Memphis police officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death plead not guilty

Five former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Friday to second-degree murder and other charges in the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols, with his mother saying afterward that none of them would look her in the eye in court.

France 24

My preschooler's first police stop

"Daddy, I'm a ballerina!" she says, while I think about how quickly these stops can go wrong for Black drivers

Salon

Tyre Nichols: Five former Memphis police officers plead not guilty to murder of dad-of-one

The former officers made their first court appearance since Nichols’ death

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Al Jazeera

Ex-US police officers plead not guilty to killing Tyre Nichols

Five former officers face second-degree murder charges in beating death of the 29-year-old Black motorist in Memphis.

The Independent UK

Watch live as Tyre Nichols’ family lawyer gives a statement after officers plead not guilty to murder

Watch live as Tyre Nichols' family and their attorney Ben Crump hold a news conference after former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty to the murder of the Black motorist.

Axios

5 ex-cops charged over Tyre Nichols’ death plead not guilty

They also pleaded not guilty to aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression.

The Independent UK

Tyre Nichols death: Five Memphis police officers plead not guilty to murder, assault and kidnapping charges

Tyre Nichols died in hospital three days after he was beaten and tased during a traffic stop in Memphis on 7 January

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All 5 ex-Memphis officers plead not guilty in the beating death of Tyre Nichols

They were arraigned on charges of murder, assault and other felonies. Tyre Nichols died three days after officers beat him following a Jan. 7 traffic stop.

The Guardian - US

The prosecutor who broke the mold with the Tyre Nichols case

Steve Mulroy, the Shelby county district attorney, discusses the swift charges on the five officers and criminal justice reform in Memphis

The Independent UK

Former officers to appear before judge in Tyre Nichols death

Five former Memphis police officers are scheduled to make their first court appearance Friday on murder and other charges in the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols

Tribune News Service

Tyre Nichols death: two Tennessee deputies suspended without pay

Two Tennessee law enforcement officers were suspended for five days without pay after an investigation revealed they failed to report they were on the scene the night police brutally beat Tyre Nichols.

The Independent UK

Memphis DA agrees to review info in man's killing by officer

The top prosecutor in Memphis has agreed to review additional information about the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old Black man during an attempted arrest by a white police officer

Tribune News Service

Crump calls for ‘swift justice,’ criminal charges in Raleigh tasing death of Darryl Williams

RALEIGH, N.C. — Civil rights attorney Ben Crump demanded Thursday that “swift justice be taken” and that the Raleigh police officers who tased Darryl “Tyree” Williams be fired and charged with manslaughter.

Al Jazeera

Family of man killed after police tasing calls for accountability

Darryl Tyree Williams, an African American, told police he had a heart problem during an arrest. They tased him anyway.

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