NewsOne Featured Video A demonstrator holds an ‘End Police Violence’ sign during a protest after the 2020 police killing of George Floyd. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/via Getty Images Seeking accountability in the brutal police beating death of her son, the mother of Tyre Nichols has filed a US$55 million federal lawsuit against the individual officers, the […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty A number of racial justice organizations joined forces on Thursday to hold a national day of action to demand accountability for the fatal arrest of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, forest defender Tortuguita and other victims who have died at the hands of law enforcement. The National Day of […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Twitter / Twitter Tyre Nichols, the young motorist who died after he was brutally beaten by five Memphis police officers, may be honored with his very own skate park in Sacramento, California. Shortly after the 29-year-old father of one passed away Jan. 10, his mother and father RowVaughn and Rodney Wells, […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Scott Olson / Getty The official reason why former Memphis police officers charged with Tyre Nichols’ murder initiated a brutally violent traffic stop last month is seemingly being upended as a new report suggests there may have been a different motivation to detain the Black motorist. It’s added fuel to the […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: screenshot / facebook An unarmed Black man was shot and killed by police in Shreveport, Louisiana, which has left another grieving family looking for answers. MORE: The Police ‘Murder’ Of Tyre Nichols: A Timeline Of Events According to authorities, Alonzo Bagley, 43, was shot in the chest by Shreveport officer Alexander […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty In the years running up to the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, the Memphis Police Department faced an increasingly dire staffing crisis. Indeed, shortages on the force have led to questions over whether, given their relative lack of experience, the five officers now charged with Nichols’ murder […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Placards are pictured outside of the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church after the funeral for Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee, on February 1, 2023. | Source: SETH HERALD / Getty The revelation that one of the Memphis police officers charged with murdering Tyre Nichols took photos of the bloodied victim and shared at […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Twitter / Twitter The Memphis City Council discussed several public safety proposals and departmental reforms with the city’s police chief and fire chief on Feb 7. The long-awaited discussion came nearly a month after the council released the horrific police beating and arrest video of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols. According to CNN, […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Former Memphis Police Officer Demetrius Haley. | Source: Memphis Police Department/Twitter One of the fired police officers who savagely beat Tyre Nichols following a violent traffic stop in Memphis also took at least one photo of the victim after the brutality and texted it to others, according to a new report. At […]
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MEMPHIS — As Tyre Nichols sat propped against a police car, bloodied, dazed and handcuffed after being beaten by a group of Memphis police officers, one of those officers took a picture of him and sent it to at least five people, the Memphis Police Department said in a document released by the state on […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Pool / Getty The Democratic guests for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address will highlight Black Americans whose lives have been drastically affected by police brutality. MORE: ‘Nothing More Insulting:’ Sharpton Calls Tyre Nichols Beating A Disgrace To MLK’s Legacy Nevada Democrat Steven Horsford, the chair of the Congressional […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Jeff Kravitz / Getty In times of tragedy, good people do good things. Recently, legendary Skateboarder Tony Hawk showed the world he belongs in the good people category after revealing that he will be donating money to the memorial fund for Tyre Nichols. According to AP, Hawk will donate half of […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: The Washington Post / Getty The U.S. Justice Department will partake in an external review of the Memphis Police Department after five officers beat 29-year-old Tyre Nichols to death after a routine traffic stop. According to Reuters, the “independent, external review,” which was disclosed by Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland, will include […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Lucy Garrett / Getty Tyre D. Nichols‘ death at the age of 29 harshly reminds us that the encounter between a Black person and law enforcement can be deadly for the individual and life-changing for their family and friends. Tyre was stopped by the Scorpion Unit, a special task force from […]
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NewsOne Featured Video The fatal beating of Tyre Nichols started after he was pulled over by cops. City of Memphis via AP The killing of Tyre Nichols has raised questions about the use and risks of a routine part of U.S. policing: the traffic stop. Nichols died in the hospital on Jan. 10, 2022, from […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Getty President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris sat down with the members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Thursday to discuss plans on how to address police reform after the recent murder of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police. The Black Caucus was joined […]
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The trauma videos can inflict on Black Americans is well documented. From this perspective, the videos are problematic reminders of the threat of violence that underwrites Black life. On the other hand, a case has been made that videos of police shootings have an evidentiary function in that they help illuminate the ubiquity of police […]
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Source: The Washington Post / Getty Three former Memphis police officers with ties to the Omega Psi Phi fraternity had their membership revoked Tuesday (January 31), weeks after they were indicted on second-degree murder charges in the death of Tyre Nichols. MORE: ‘Nothing More Insulting:’ Sharpton Calls Tyre Nichols Beating A Disgrace To MLK’s Legacy […]
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NewsOne Featured Video A screen at the entrance of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church displays the celebration of life for Tyre Nichols on February 1, 2023, in Memphis, Tennessee. | Source: Lucy Garrett / Getty The Tyre Nichols case fallout continues as a seventh officer, two EMT’s and a fire truck driver have been relieved of […]
Read MoreNewsOne Featured Video Source: Pool / Getty American civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton gave the eulogy at the funeral of Tyre Nichols on Wednesday and expressed his disgust with the five Black ex-Memphis cops involved in Nichols’ death. MORE: Jason Whitlock Blames Tyre Nichols’ Killing On Black Single Moms: ‘They Don’t Want Us Focused […]
Read MoreNewsOne Featured Video Source: Jason Koerner / Getty Apparently, Tucker Carlson just couldn’t let Jason Whitlock be great. On Monday, we reported that the Fox News host sat down with Whitlock, who decided to offer what appeared to be the worst possible take one could have on the police-involved death of Tyre Nichols. Whitlock essentially […]
Read MoreThe funeral for Tyre Nichols was held in Memphis on Wednesday afternoon, more than three weeks after he died from injuries sustained during a brutally violent arrest. Not only did the Memphis community show up to pay its respects to one of their own, but Vice President Kamala Harris, family members of George Floyd and […]
Read MoreNewsOne Featured Video [embedded content] The funeral for a young Black man who was savagely beaten by police officers following a traffic stop last month is scheduled to be held on Wednesday morning in Memphis. The homegoing service for Tyre Nichols will be held at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church at 1 p.m. local time (2 […]
Read MoreNewsOne Featured Video Almost a thousand of people gathered at the Oscar Grant Plaza and take streets over Tyre Nichols’ killing by Memphis police, in Oakland, California, on January 29, 2023. | Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty The severe beating of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, by five Memphis police officers – leading to […]
Read MoreHorsford has invited Nichols’s family as his guests to the president’s State of the Union address next week; he told the Post that he is hopeful that Biden will address police reform in his remarks. “We want him to be involved in this because it’s important enough to the American people that all of our […]
Read MoreNewsOne Featured Video From left: Former Memphis Police Department officers Demetrius Haley; Desmond Mills Jr.; Justin Smith; Emmitt Martin III; and Tadarrius Bean. | Source: Memphis Police Department / Memphis Police Department Once again, Americans are left reeling from the horror of video footage showing police brutalizing an unarmed Black man who later died. Some […]
Read More[embedded content] UPDATED: 10:30 a.m. ET, Jan. 31 Originally published on Jan. 25 More funeral plans for Tyre Nichols are being revealed as an investigation into the police brutality that allegedly murdered him widens in Memphis. On Tuesday, it was reported that the family of George Floyd would be in attendance at the service being […]
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Guy is not some social regressive. But he has tips for people on how to both mitigate the crisis of fast fashion and enhance their wardrobes while doing it: things like building wardrobes over time, shopping vintage, and buying fewer things for more money. He explains how exploration—whether attempting to pull off rugged, or preppy, […]
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I understand that the U.S. is never going to be Sweden or England. We’re a more violent society; there are 400 million guns floating around—a calculation that the police officers of other countries don’t have to price in every time they walk their beat. But more federal laws and standards would help around the margins. […]
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Guy is not some social regressive. But he has tips for people on how to both mitigate the crisis of fast fashion and enhance their wardrobes while doing it: things like building wardrobes over time, shopping vintage, and buying fewer things for more money. He explains how exploration—whether attempting to pull off rugged, or preppy, […]
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