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Hours of video from Tyre Nichols’ fatal traffic stop not yet released, prosecutors say

Up to 20 hours of unreleased footage from the traffic stop that claimed the life of Tyre Nichols in Memphis have yet to be released, prosecutors say.

Tribune News Service

Up to 20 hours of Tyre Nichols police video has yet to be released, revealing what was said after beating

Memphis officials released one hour of footage from four separate videos revealing brutal act of violence

The Independent UK

Biden under pressure for police reform after Tyre Nichols funeral

US vice president urges Congress to pass legislation as Nichols’s death renews push to end violence.

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Joe Biden faces pressure on policing after Tyre Nichols funeral

Five police officers have been fired and charged with murder and other crimes in connection with Tyre Nichols' death

Irish Mirror

Death in Memphis: The cost to us all

I've covered the police on and off for 40 years. I've never seen anything like the killing of Tyre Nichols

Salon

Legal experts fear Chicago’s slow police reforms could lead to a Tyre Nichols incident 8 years after Laquan McDonald firestorm

CHICAGO — The video-recorded killing of Tyre Nichols that led to charges against police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, stirred echoes in Chicago, where eight years ago another recorded death similarly sent shock waves across the nation and spurred public demand for police reform.

Chicago Tribune

Tyre Nichols - updates: 20 hours of video missing as pressure grows on Biden over police reform

More than 20 hours of video related to Nichols’ beating has yet to be released

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The Guardian - UK

Memphis police brutality: Tyre Nichols' killing sparks outrage in US

This week, America was rocked by the brutal killing of Tyre Nichols. The 29-year-old Black man was killed during a traffic stop by an elite police unit made up of five police officers who are also Black. His beating in Memphis, Tennessee was viewed across the country through a series…

France 24

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…

Tribune News Service

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

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

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.

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The Guardian - US

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 Independent UK

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 Guardian - US

‘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

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?’

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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.

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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