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This is Tyre Nichols. Tomorrow Memphis PD will release bodycam footage of five of their officers brutally murdering him. Please take a moment and watch this video in his memory.
Tyre loved his mom, skateboarding, photography, and watching the sunset. He brought joy to his family and friends. A statement from his photography website:
“I hope to one day let people see what i see and to hopefully admire my work based on the quality and ideals of my work. Your friend, – Tyre D. Nichols.”
See the full video here: https://twitter.com/flymai16/status/1618706277697482752?s=46&t=ZqBZM_ovyzb74Cz5C4PEHg
His photography: https://thiscaliforniakid2.wixsite.com/tnicholsphotography/about
Edit to add: the video being released tomorrow should not be all that people know/remember about him. Not his horrific death. I want people see what a beautiful soul he was.
NyxuNezumi
Thank you for scooping the "Video about Tyre Nichols" with one of him Living.
WoodyGoodman
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teapartyyy
I think the the idea about training and stuff, when done properly, they would be vetted/culled out (not sure of the english word)
demosteness
So much to fix there in a land I love some much. Fight the devil. Don’t surrender. Clean the dirt. Keep it up.
Flowerlady0
I just know there's so much more to this. They hunted this young man down. They purposefully hunted him down.
Spacerihno
He was really cool, I can barely ride a skateboard
YourIceCreamMan
4t0m1c4
This going in my skating favs, cos it's where he should be
MsladyRiver
Heart breaking doesn’t even begin to describe what happen to this young lovely man. Why is it always the best that are taken too early?
redbullvodka
You can read more about how lovely he was here: https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/us/tyre-nichols-memphis-profile/index.html
CarlCopplepot
all other countries police training is practically a degree, also all candidates must pass psych. assessment
Dasiana
thank you so much for doing this. This was a whole person, and shouldn't be reduced to his death. I hope this death sparks a giant wave
GooniesNeverSayDieDieDieMyDarling
If you go to his Twitter account, he was hoping Hard Rock Cafe would showcase one of his photos in their restaurants.
Dasiana
of action, but also he was more than the heartbreaking shit we're going to see tomorrow. Thank you for posting this.
redbullvodka
He was really a beautiful soul. This story tells more about him: https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/us/tyre-nichols-memphis-profile/index.html
piggapotamusgoesoink
Thanks for posting this article & this post. ♥️
SanshinDojo
What a grave injustice. I hope this vile tragedy sparks change, but I’m not hopeful, sadly.
EndorForestSummerCamp83
sonicthemariomasterchief
ACAB
demosteness
NACAB
sonicthemariomasterchief
North American cops are bastards?
demosteness
Some of them for sure. But NANACAB.
fartalert
Thank you so so much. I will think of Tyre for every good thing I do today. What a heart
Varenvel
how about instead of watching video in his memory you complain to PD by calling them , or protest or make change in his name? >
Varenvel
becouse these things these days happen like few times a day. and id rather them not (i dont live in US so i cant do much)
issa84
You know the video has to be so fucking bad for all the cops to not just be fired but charged before it even comes out plus they're hunkerin
issa84
Down for a crazy protest with business getting insured for whatever happens
Ajdamus
Every year I am more and more grateful we live in EU. Medical care and not fearing cops is..pretty nice.
JustADayTripper
keillrandor
The cops were wheely bad :( (Sorry.)
prufock
Is this the guy who seemed to be having a paranoid mental emergency while driving?
Ym01
https://stopcop.city/ #StopCopCity www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org
DontDoWhatDonaldDontDoes
https://youtu.be/VAl4lFHu6bE
ArmathyAndTheUnfinishedBusiness2
This is just so sad and a waste of a great life. He was so talented too. Kid looked like he was going places. FUCK THE POLICE!!!
charliem
people losing their shit, happens even to cops
Subsound
When was the last time you murdered someone with 5 of your friends and/or coworkers?
Cravanicus
You and your pals ever murder anyone?
thetinymonarch
Cops know they have the risk of dying, people should not be at risk of dying from cops
TheAngryMarineBiologist
There's never going to be systemic change until there's severe penalties against cops who do stuff like this. So many killer cops would 1/?
TheAngryMarineBiologist
have ended up on death row if they weren't cops, frankly until we start seeing police brutality being punished to that kind of degree 2/?
TheAngryMarineBiologist
it'll keep on happening. 3/3
introvertelf23
As a reminder, please go to the source if you are curious tmrw. Please no posting or reposting.
kiwicantab20116
What's wrong with some cops minds that think this is what they should do? They must be mentally deficient to not know right from wrong.
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redbullvodka
You know there’s already been an autopsy and murder charges right?
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JamesBluntThatSmartassCunt
No you didn’t.
WoodyGoodman
It's not a bug, it's a feature: https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836
SXSam
Being given "authority" and the "right" to commit violence against "criminals". Does things to certain people's minds. Mostly bad things.
ninjarabbit
As proven by the Stanford Prison Experiment
Imademyselfsquirtle
American cops. Pigs. No education. Only qualified if you have low IQ.
Isgrimnur
Their egos trump your humanity.
Volpe42
They need to stop taking retired soldiers
redbullvodka
Most departments pay a much higher salary for former military and this feeds the system of more militarized police forces with officers who-
redbullvodka
have been desensitized or have PTSD from their military training. It’s one of many problems with police in America.
Volpe42
There was a department that desked all the ex military and problems went way down
UnityInArms
Yea toxic authority would make sense. That’s an issue with any strict heicharchy that doesn’t have a way to counter abusers.
hogeyegrex
Actually, the ex-military have way better training, and tend towards deescalation. Not all, obvs, but many. There’s one case of an ex-MP 1/?
hogeyegrex
Who got fired for successfully deescalating a situation after being told to basically go in guns blazing. It’s not the ex-mils that bug 2/?
hogeyegrex
me so much as the total fuckups the military wouldn’t take. In one town I lived in, the running joke was that the cops were the kids 3/?
hogeyegrex
That got screwed with the most in school. They became cops to get revenge. Those are the guys that shouldn’t be cops. 4/4
thevortexmaster
My brothers best friend was beat to death by 5 cops in Vancouver Canada. 7 years later and the family is still fighting to get justice. It>>
neptix
VPD or RCMP? Not that both of them aren't all bastards.
thevortexmaster
VPD
thevortexmaster
Was over a minor altercation. He was a regular small town unarmed businessman on a work trip
redbullvodka
If you can share the story, please do. I hope other victims’ fam come forward and can get justice in the wake of what will be seen tomorrow.
thevortexmaster
Here's one more recent article https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/myles-gray-police-investigations-bc-1.6619772
Harbltron
What a crock of shit... these pigs literally beat an unarmed man to death and the crown says it's all above board? Infuriating.
SayRamrod
some of this is tough to read
thevortexmaster
Ya. It was hard. Especially since we're all from a very small isolated town. It devastated the whole community. Everyone knew him
Ajdamus
Canada?? I was in impression this is just US thing:/
SpoilsburyToastMan
Maybe you missed the "All" part of ACAB?
thevortexmaster
Ya it happens here. Probably not as much but we have way less people
ArchMagos
The "A" in ACAB stands for "All", not "American"
Ihaventconsumedenoughwineforthis
I had some nice run-ins with cops in brazil. Probably a tourist thing though since we bring in $$. I'm white but I can be a very drunk white
stblackbird
It happens everywhere, though in the USA you are champions.
anya77
Yay :(
JimmyTulip007
1)Not everywhere, cant remember if something like that happened in my country (it probably did, but its rare af), everytime when they use
JimmyTulip007
2)gun or cause any type of violence with someone they will get under investigation whether that force was justified or not. Its not perfect
JimmyTulip007
3) here, but I dont feel any kind of fear when having interaction with cop here. I just can’t imagine something like that could happen here.
Ajdamus
Can't remember anyone killid like that i EU last 10 years
stblackbird
Maybe not this blatantly, but here in Greece every few years a pig kills a student protester for absolutely no reason
Ajdamus
Oof
stblackbird
Keep in mind we are 10m ppl, not 400m.
WhatUpDog3000
Black AND a skater, that's like the Superbowl for cops. So it goes.
JerzeeTomato
***Sneezes in Chuck Treece***
ripulikakka
All of the 5 officers involved are also black, pls.
WhatUpDog3000
the only difference is they will likely not get off because of this.
m4uboy
no such th8ing as a black cop. cops are blue.
Margrave9000
Tools of whiteness.
m4uboy
ya they magically become black again when that's convenient for The Man.
TheresAlwaysSomething
Vonnegut would think you're trash for shoehorning this reference into your comment btw.
WhatUpDog3000
It is a call to resist fatalism and indifference, and how futile it is to try to find an appropriate response to either a 1 death or 100k.
JerzeeTomato
adashofcommentwiththislurking
They were all black as well. https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-memphis-police-officers-arrested-184605417.html
Arbitrarynamehere
"pick-mes" are a thing
WhatUpDog3000
which means they will likely not get off
redbullvodka
Say it with me now, “ALL cops are bastards.”
Calamarre
Which might be why they get canned very quickly...
m4uboy
they stopped being black when they put on the uniform. cops are cops.
Arbitrarynamehere
I disagree. I think they feel the need to be additionally anti black because they're "one of the good ones"
Harbltron
Yes, it's the only reason they're facing charges and the union is silent. Institutional racism is a hell of a thing.
Arbitrarynamehere
Oooor it could just be extremely bad and even they won't defend them for it. Maybe a bit of both.
usinventilatedarea
KRS-one had a thing or two to say regarding black cops.
WhatUpDog3000
whoop whoop that's the sound of the beast