Memphis Police beat man to death

[Bandon Langer]

Video of officers beating man released after all five charged with his murder

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Videos have been released. Makes the George Floyd murder look timid in comparison.

Warning, videos are meant to be very disturbing, watch at your own risk.

Videos here https://vimeo.com/cityofmemphis

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

Bastards!

 

[Great-Bit-O-Stuff]

They do prison right in the States. I won't watch the video. Disgusting behaviour by the cops. What was he supposed to have done anyway

 

[Meridian]

I heard it reported yesterday that this would cause rioting because of racial tensions

Everyone involved in that incident was of the same race, as is the police chief so how is race relevant in this case, can anyone please explain?

 

[markyboy]

They do prison right in the States. I won't watch the video. Disgusting behaviour by the cops. What was he supposed to have done anyway

According to the BBC

Police initially said Mr Nichols had been stopped on suspicion of reckless driving, which has not been substantiated.

 

[Matlock]

I heard it reported yesterday that this would cause rioting because of racial tensions

Everyone involved in that incident was of the same race, as is the police chief so how is race relevant in this case, can anyone please explain?

Institutional racism.

The rioting relates ( or will relate) to the treatment of black and brown people ( and other minorities) by the police.

 

[Bandon Langer]

They do prison right in the States. I won't watch the video. Disgusting behaviour by the cops. What was he supposed to have done anyway

Fuck all. Some minor traffic infringement

 

[Meridian]

Institutional racism.

The rioting relates ( or will relate) to the treatment of black and brown people ( and other minorities) by the police.

Thank you, but if the police chief is of the same race how is that credible?
Is it the way that those that appointed this chief are in someway racist ?
Is some idiot going to proclaim this BLM thing in this case, it makes zero logical sense

 

[PussyinBoots]

Institutional racism.

The rioting relates ( or will relate) to the treatment of black and brown people ( and other minorities) by the police.

lol.
Course it is. America is full of policemen who have nothing better to do than seek out and the beat the shit out of non-whites.
Nothing to do with the racism towards whites in the black community (look at these BLM marches) and the rampant drug abuse. It isn't really talked about but blacks have a serious chip on their shoulder about slavery etc and like to blame anyone white for their problems.
And all usual they go about things by rioting and looting their own neighbourhoods.

 

[Matlock]

Thank you, but if the police chief is of the same race how is that credible?
Is it the way that those that appointed this chief are in someway racist ?
Is some idiot going to proclaim this BLM thing in this case, it makes zero logical sense

It's institutional racism rather than individual racism though. It's the system.

Your argument would equate to someone saying that a woman couldn't be sexist, which I assume you wouldn't agree with.