The death of Tyre Nichols is the familiar, tragic episode: the brutal pummelling of a Black man by police officers
The harrowing episode involving Mr. Nichols – the incident in Memphis, Tenn., that horrified people in the United States and around the world – is the familiar, tragic episode: the brutal and fatal pummelling of a Black man by police officers.
But this much is identical to prior occurrences of police violence against Black people: The video clips display of violence by the five officers who were charged with second-degree murder – and whose actions were shared across television and social media – already has spawned public disgust, street protests and deep introspection.
“This does not add up to what we sometimes think is ‘the problem’ with police,” said David Harris, a University of Pittsburgh law school professor regarded as perhaps the leading American expert on police behaviour and procedures. “These guys have been on the force for a while. The important thing is that none of them stepped up and said: ‘No. Stop.’ The organization – the culture – has permitted this kind of officer to stay inside and thrive.
It prompted searing questions about the role of race in everyday American life that led to a massive racial reckoning in the country; deep introspection in law-enforcement circles that led to a profound re-evaluation of police procedures; calls to “defund” the police; demonstrations that in some cases broke into violence; and a countermovement, largely in conservative circles, that argued the upheaval in U.S. streets had moral and political equivalents among leftists and anarchists.
following Floyd’s killing resulted in a lasting shift and a more vocal and engaged online public, with no evidence of hashtag co-optation by more conservative users” in the year after the beating.
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