Current Events > Stay safe the next few days. This Tyre Nichols video must be especially horrible

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we already tried that, before cameras were everywhere and the cops pretty much always got away with this

I don't think I want to see this video.

I'm amazed we haven't gotten a complete history from the right on the victim yet. You know they're hunting for Marijuana possession at 15 to justify murder by cop.

This literally happened in Fahrenheit 451

I know right. And there are similarities to Brave New World and others. It is a mother fucking trip to grow up reading these works of science fiction only to discover that you're truly living in one. Or that movie, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?.

Yeah, that's a fair point. Transparency is necessary.

I'm just gonna choose not to watch and hope my curiosity doesn't get the best of me. The George Floyd video had me messed up for a solid two weeks.

A sound of thunder is nonfiction about the 2016 election as far as I'm concerned.

I never watched the Floyd video outside of clips from the chauvin trial when Toobin was testifying.

I saw the photograph of it and I was like "nah that's enough for me I'm good"

I know I don't, but I think I'm going to watch it.

Idk, it almost feels like to me...if a man died at the hands of police, and if I don't see what happened to him because it makes me uncomfortable, I lessen the loss of him in some way. I SHOULD feel uncomfortable. I don't want to be apathetic in any way to a man going through what he went through.

Sometimes facts and reality are uncomfortable, but turning away can be worse.

"The first step to solving a problem is admitting there is one". - The Newsroom

Honestly, I don't think it will be as bad as 2020. With some of the previous murders, the officer(s) weren't even being investigated until public outrage forced things to start happening.

With this murder, the DA called for an investigation the same day that it happened. And the officers were not only fired, but arrested on multiple charges.

I know, now they're pushing it to tonight like it's a Friday night feature. It's so horrible. I feel like I'm living in a dystopian fiction story.

What idiot decided to release the video on a Friday night? You know, the night young people are already out looking for something to do. They should have released it on the coldest Wednesday night they could find.

This thread from Robert Evans breaks down the contents of the multiple videos.
It is horrifying. There is absolutely no reason that this man was killed other than to satiate the thirst for violence of the cops.
https://twitter.com/IwriteOK/status/1619127848253681664

It should also be noted that the statement initially issued by the PD is essentially bullshit.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/5/6/AAA5FdAAEIWE.jpg

Fuck the police.

But... why though? Like, yes, it's horrible, but why did they target him when he was seemingly doing nothing bad at a intersection? I don't think these cops, knowing full well they had body cams, just went around looking for a random dude to beat up to death.

I think they already knew him and deliberately targeted him for undisclosed reasons.

He complied to their initial demands, or tried to, to the best of his ability, and only ran once he noticed they were still beating him up despite doing what he was told to do. They already knew him and wanted him to suffer.

But... why though? Like, yes, it's horrible, but why did they target him when he was seemingly doing nothing bad at a intersection? I don't think these cops, knowing full well they had body cams, just went around looking for a random dude to beat up to death.

I think they already knew him and deliberately targeted him for undisclosed reasons.

He complied to their initial demands, or tried to, to the best of his ability, and only ran once he noticed they were still beating him up despite doing what he was told to do. They already knew him and wanted him to suffer.

Couldn't watch more than a few seconds. When the cop hoofed him in the face like that you know they were out for blood.

Thank God I'm not working this weekend or I'd probably be conscripted into a taskforce deal with the inevitable protests >_> I hate working during riots

I can't watch this. Shit like this makes my blood boil.

why do we even have cops if all they'll do is kill people and cause more problems than actual criminals?

Have you ever been on the receiving end of a cop having a bad day? Or who feels you didn't comply fast enough? I have. This aggression is pretty standard for that situation.

To protect the private property.

To protect the private property.

they sure as hell did a piss poor job protecting my property when they were called...several times back in 2019

and acting like it was our fault that we got robbed that it was our fault that our home was invaded

then searching through our entire house like they expected to make some major drug bust and haul us off

What happened?

Why the fuck did you let them inside your house?

This thread from Robert Evans breaks down the contents of the multiple videos.
It is horrifying. There is absolutely no reason that this man was killed other than to satiate the thirst for violence of the cops.
https://twitter.com/IwriteOK/status/1619127848253681664