Tyre Nichols

I turn a cheek yet to believe that anyone sees us for anything less than a human. My brothers and sister are being murdered in these streets for the color of their skin. I tried to wrap my head around the meaning of life for US, but yet I come…

https://youtube.com/shorts/9O1AjKBYCnA?feature=share 5 on 1 and the one attacked didn’t even have a gun. Did they feel threatened? Was he beating someone? 145 lbs took 5 men to beat him down. Were these really men, or shall we call them clowns? How does this keep happening? Whats the source of this humanity canceling? By failing to fix…

Has Anything Really Changed At All? As a child in the 90’s I remember seeing smoky footage on the nightly news. An unarmed Black man had recently been beaten by the police in Los Angeles. A bystander captured the event on a video camera. …

Believe it or not, the infamous Oscar Slap is connected to Tyre Nichols’ death, and both incidents are part of the larger issue of how white supremacy is embedded in our culture. Before you dismiss it, let me explain. When Will Smith struck Chris Rock during the 2022 Oscars Award…

“But somehow we survive severance, deprivation, loss Patrols uncoil along the asphalt dark hissing their menace to our lives, most cruel, all our land is scarred with terror, rendered unlovely and unlovable; sundered are we and all our passionate surrender but somehow tenderness survives.” Dennis Brutus (from “Somehow we survive”) …

Groups Urge Lawmakers to Rethink Policing and Act — Big newspapers will note the death of a “popular” TV cop while ignoring new research showing that U.S. cops are fueling gun violence and death of Black people. I’m thinking The New York Times, which ignored Mapping Police Violence’s new research showing that there were only “12 days in 2022…

On January 7, 2023, Tyre Nichols was pulled over during an alleged traffic stop that would change the course of history. So far, seven Memphis Police Department officers have been fired because of their part in the deadly event that left Tyre’s loved ones in mourning. The one known as…

Introduction The tragic death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of five Black Memphis Police Department officers apart of a specialized anti-crime unit demonstrates that toxic culture within law enforcement agencies will not be eliminated or transformed by simply diversifying them and adopting reforms. The How is more important than…