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  Taxpayers will pay for it in some way in the end
context: They fired them before public outrage had time to build. The video is going to be horrific and the evidence damming. >
  
  Already hearing grotesque things:
  “Friends around the world: Memphis Police executed someone recently and apparently this one is bad. Really bad. Like, "local businesses are buying unrest insurance, politicians distancing themselves from the police, DoJ is investigating" bad. We're waiting for the video.”
  “People who've seen the video tell me it's sickening. Like, unambiguously heinous with no possible excuse for the police.”
  “Heard on the radio that the police are preparing for a public response rivaling that of the George Floyd uprising. Wow.” >
  
  Welp, if it’s that bad, time for Tucker Carlson to come up with a way to make it the murdered person’s fault. >
  
  The pigs who beat the man to death are all black. Tucker’s going to reach for the “bad apples” argument. >
  
  The dog whistles:
  Can’t be racist
  Black on black violence is worse
  It’s a culture problem
  No black fathers >
  
  
  No black fathers
  
  Well, there was at least one, but the cops just murdered him. >
  
  Unrelated that black fathers are killed, beaten, and incarcerated higher than white people for similar infractions >
  
  At great risk of sounding racist and pedantic, I think what most people are dog whistling when they say that sort of thing is that they think most black dads abandon their role entirely. So if you have a stat that says "70% are mostly involved" it may mean it's 70% of however many are left after those who aren't involved in the picture at all. >
  
  Racists aren't exactly prone to recognizing facts >
  
  
  Relatives have accused police of beating Nichols and causing him to have
   a heart attack. Authorities have said that Nichols experienced a 
  medical emergency.
  
  Getting severely beaten by law enforcement is most definitely a medical emergency. >
  
  We should clarify here that the 5 cops involved were all black. 
  Not saying that there isn't a racial problem in the US or that there isn't a problem with cops killing African Americans because there is but it's important to note that in this particular case it was black officers killing a black man. >
  
  5 employees paid to uphold a racist system. It’s still racism. Any act done in uniform or on the clock as a cop is a racist act, regardless of the officers skin color or their racial prejudices while off the clock. >
  
  So a black cop arresting a white man is racist?
  Comments like yours do nothing to help the systemic problem in police forces. >
  
  It’s operating in a racist system, yes. When a klansman beats his white wife, it’s still perpetuating racism. This isn’t new. >
  
  Why stop there? Surely when a Hispanic crosses the border to work here it's perpetuating racism because they are coming to a country that has systemic racism throughout it. 
  You're racist for buying taco bell, because some people feel like it stereotypes mexican establishments. 
  Tons of other stuff too right insane comparisons too right? 
  Listen to yourself. >
  
  Anyone that eats pizza and isn't Italian is a racist
  /s >
  
  Shit I've been racist my whole life :( >
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman told WREG she saw video footage of the confrontation between Tyre Nichols and MPD officers.
  The woman, who wants to remain anonymous, says she saw a video of the alleged attack taken by her concerned neighbor.
  “The whole scene was a little disturbing, all of these officers out here, lights out, they were out here for hours,” she said.
  The scene came after a pursuit initiated by Memphis Police, who claim Tyre Nichols was driving recklessly. As officers went to detain him, they say two confrontations broke out, leaving the 29-year-old severely injured. 
  “I just saw him lying still. Lifeless, I couldn’t tell —but he was not moving,” said the neighbor. “Based on what [my neighbor] said, the officers weren’t able to catch him, and then once they did catch him, they ensued on beating him.”
  Three days later, Nichols died, sparking investigations by the FBI, TBI, and the Department of Justice. His death is sparking calls for video of the arrest to be released to the public, which the City of Memphis has vowed to do. 
  The neighbor believes there will be outrage. “When they see things like that, it gets them in an uproar. I don’t think it’s going to be perceived very well. Not based on what my neighbor said, I don’t think it’s going to be perceived well. Not at all.”
  link >
  
  Firing isn't enough. There needs to be charges against them. >
  
  If they fired them this quickly, there will be charges and most likely a conviction. If it was even up in the air, they would still be on paid leave. >
  
  They may have been fired this quickly because they themselves are black. Perhaps the rot is that deep: fire murderous black cops when white ones don't even get slaps on the wrist. >
  
  Wait are you just assuming that all the officers involved are black or is that actually a fact? >
  
  It’s a fact >
  
  Ok got it. Thanks! >
  
  
  Ok got it. Thanks!
  
  You're welcome! >
  
  The photo of him in the hospital is horrific. If the cops who did this don’t face more than firing, Memphis is gonna explode. >
  
  Memphis is such a shithole that no one will be able to tell the difference. >
  
  If so much as a garbage can is tipped over in the next few weeks it’s all the conservative media will talk about, just as they did when BLM and AnTiFa “burned Portland to the ground” a couple years ago
  Even Tennesseans outside Memphis will be screaming about rioters destroying the city, even though Tennesseans outside of Nashville and Memphis hate the cities because that’s where ThEm LiBeRaLs live >
  
  I live in Tennessee, they don’t care that liberals live in the city, they care that “those people” live in the cities >
  
  Tennessean's hatred of Memphis has always been about race. >
  
  The video will be released after the family of Tyre Nichol has viewed it according to WREG News channel 3 >
  
  I think that if we lived in a time of legislatures that actually cared about their states there would be a law that says that camera footage of a police-related death has to be released in X number of days.  It seems like "...at the end of the investigation" has become a stall tactic. >
  
  This shit needs to stop.  When are we gonna have cops that are accountable for their actions? We had two of them resign last year after they beat up a senior citizen over a parking ticket.  They probably went across the state line and started over. >
  
  This could be the thing that gets the change, people are getting to the point no matter the race they fear cops. They have mostly shown to abuse power every once and while. It’s really gotten out of hand. >
  
  I'm a 65yo white guy married to my childhood sweetheart who looks like me. Three years ago, she had a medical problem that brought the sheriff to our house. I tried to explain the situation, but they arrested her. Since it was a three day weekend, I couldn't get her out until the Wednesday after.  She was locked up for 5 fucking days,  her essential medication withheld, and they dropped all the charges.  Yeah, I don't trust any cops. They're not going to help you. >
  
  About 25 years ago,  we had a friend... let's call him "Bunny". Bunny was a product of fetal alcohol syndrome,  so he was a little slow,  but functioned much like a normal person with a bit of medication. 
  One night Bunny got kind of whacked out and ended up in the front yard in his tighty whiteys at 3am. He had two pencils in a headband sticking up like ears,  and declared "I'M BATMAN! "
  WanLsnt breaking any laws,  wasn't doing anything. He was just sitting in his yard at 3am pretending to be Batman.
  Cops showed up,  dog piled him to shit,  then arrested him.  Same as your story,  weekend,  meds withheld.  Ended up not being able to get out for 14 days due to "psych watches" and things.  Whole time they withheld his meds.
  Finally,  Bunny gets out of jail after 14 days with no meds. 20 minutes later, he's hanging from a tree in the park across the street. Took him 20 minutes to end his own life after nobody could contact him for half a month. His parents actually went to the county jail to drop off his meds. They just won't fucking give them to you. 
  Never saw 21, had a few issues,  sure.  Was never charged with a crime. >
  
  That is so sad. I’m sorry for your loss >
  
  Hearing rumors that businesses in the Memphis area are buying unrest insurance in anticipation of a George Floyd level response when the video is released. People who've seen it say it's absolutely horrific, amongst the worst police murders in US history. >
  
  
  are buying unrest insurance
  
  I didn't even know that existed until now. >
  
  I have a small business and yes this is a thing. >
  
  As someone who isn't a small business owner, how does that work? >
  
  Tbh I didn’t get it. But I did asked how it worked and I do think a declared state of emergency is needed. It sounded like a gimmick and hard to prove if you tried to use it. >
  
  Sooo, just like every other form of insurance out there? >
  
  Sell you an umbrella and snatch it back when the rain starts. >
  
  But it's not rain, it's frozen sleet precipitation. Totally different and not covered. >
  
  Cop only profession where they can kill a guy then get fired the move and get hired as a cop again >
  
  And they do it all the time because WE HAVE NO FEDERAL RECORD KEEPER FOR STATE POLICE TROUBLEMAKERS >
  
  "after death of" no they fucking murdered him probably >
  
  Yeah, this won't end well for the city. I hope this remains peaceful, but I doubt it. People are going to be PISSED. >
  
  They deserve to be pissed. Obviously the city didn’t clean up their cops after the BLM protests. Seems like they could use another go round. >
  
  Did any city? >
  
  Possibly.  City has had no excessive violence by police doesn’t get any headlines. >
  
  Good thing that policing is a licensed profession so that these fired officers can't get hired by another police force. 
  Oh wait. >
  
  It’s almost like the license is meant to be revokable for incompetence, negligence, or committing atrocious human rights violations. But I guess we treat these like we do drivers licenses and barely if ever take them away for good. It’s almost like privileges are more protected than actual rights. >
  
  Cops need to be required to carry their own PLI that they pay for and taxpayers need to be off the hook for lawsuits and cops can go to jail the same as anyone else. Until then, nothing changes.