For the second time in less than three years the nation has stopped in horror to watch...
An image from video shows Tyre Nichols leaning against a car after a brutal attack by five Memphis police officers on Jan. 7, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. Nichols died on Jan. 10. The five officers have since been fired and charged with second-degree murder and other offenses.A few years ago when Tyre Nichols set up a website to showcase his photography, he titled the home page “Welcome The World Through My Eyes.
The bitter, tragic irony is that much of what we know and saw of Nichols’ killing was through the lens of the police officers who should have been his protectors but are now charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression. Most police officers are honorable public servants trying to make their communities safe places. Law officers have essential, dangerous and highly stressful jobs, which is why police departments must do better in their recruiting and change the institutional mindsets that embolden police brutality. A mindset in which no officer tried to stop another officer from assaulting Nichols and no one tended to the battered and bleeding young man, handcuffed and on the ground.
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