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"Legal experts and civil rights advocates have said the harrowing video footage
that showed a group of Memphis police officers delivering blow after blow to
Tyre Nichols underscores the need for broad reforms of policing in the US.
Experts interviewed by the
Guardian pointed out that body-worn and
surveillance footage was integral in revealing what unfolded – but are not a
panacea.
“At the end of the day, that final video shows someone being beaten and abused
like he’s in a pinball game. It’s like the ball is just being knocked from one
end to the other,” said Randolph McLaughlin, professor at the Elisabeth Haub
School of Law and co-chair of the Newman Ferrara civil rights practice.
“What’s most shocking about it all is the brutality and then at the end, the
complete dehumanization of this man. He’s not even human to them – he’s not
even a person,” McLaughlin said. “It’s as if they just went and played a
baseball game and they talked about what happened afterward. There’s absolutely
no excuse for this.”
Nichols, 29, was beaten by police after a traffic stop on 7 January and died
three days later. Footage of the beating was released on Friday."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
