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John McWhorter & Peter Moskos – The Killing of Tyre Nichols
Published 3 years, 5 months ago
Description
0:00 The “utter horror show” and incompetent policing of the Tyre Nichols killing
7:52 The relatively peaceful reaction to the killing
15:25 What set off the cops?
21:53 Why Peter thinks police units like SCORPION should not be disbanded
27:25 Should we get rid of qualified immunity?
30:21 Policing and white supremacy
40:45 Peter: We on the left have ceded law and order to the Trumpian right
46:00 Tyre Nichols’s funeral
53:59 John: I disagree with Sharpton, Crump, and Dyson, but they’re sincere
Links and Readings
Video of Memphis police officers beating Tyre Nichols
Al Sharpton’s eulogy for Nichols
Benjamin Crump speaks at Nichols’s funeral
Official trailer for Spike Lee’s film, Bamboozled
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