Sonia Pruitt, a former police captain, shared her experiences in the wake of the death of Tyre Nichols by Black police officers.
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The videos released of Tyre Nichols’ brutal beating which led to his death in Memphis, Tennessee, and the charges against the five former police officers involved has reignited conversations about federal police accountability legislation like the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act – and could have even galvanized bipartisan support for such legislative efforts.
“We need a national conversation on this,” said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sunday on ABC’s "This Week."
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A few years ago, that city (along with countless others) lowered their standards for police hiring in the name of “equity.” That included willing to hire POC with criminaI records. WTF did they expect?
Criminals with a badge and gun
CULTURE not COLOR.
Black police officers especially probably need some therapy of their own. To go through this like she said and I’m putting it into my own words. … “it’s either brotherhood or blue”. Terrible that this keeps happening the killing and slaughter of young black men. It’s completely awful and unreasonable as to why it keeps happening every day practically