The image from video released on Jan. 27, 2023, and partially redacted by the City of Memphis, shows Tyre Nichols during a brutal attack by five Memphis police officers on Jan. 7, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. Nichols died on Jan. 10. The five officers have since been fired and charged with second-degree murder and other offenses. The release of footage showing police officers violently beating 29-year-old Tyre Nichols has renewed calls for Congress to pass police reform legislation. Photo: City of Memphis via AP Tyre Nichols: Blood on the Hands of the Supreme Court and the New York Court of Appeals
Despite expressly acknowledging the risk of race-based stops, the Supreme Court and the New York Court of Appeals have given police free rein to stop vehicles no matter the officers' actual motivation so long as they can point to a traffic infraction. This unchecked authority is directly responsible for tragedies like the beating death of Tyre Nichols.
February 02, 2023 at 10:00 AM
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Civil Rights
The killing of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers arose from what has become a flashpoint of race and brutality: the police stop of a vehicle. The videos released last week depict yet another shocking episode of a traffic stop turning into a lethal attack on a Black motorist. Police officers were the ones seen delivering the blows, but make no mistake, responsibility for attacks like the one on Mr. Nichols lays with many, including the courts.
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