A Word: The Fire This Time?

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🗓️ 27 January 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Five former Memphis police officers are charged with second degree murder in the death of Tyre Nichols. Footage of them reportedly beating Nichols after a traffic stop is set to be released to the public on Friday evening. Nichols’ death came just days after English teacher Keenan Anderson was tazed repeatedly by LAPD officers, who were responding to a traffic incident. Anderson died hours later. These deaths, and an increase in police killing civilians in 2022, are fueling concerns that the movement to combat police violence has stalled. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by Phillip Atiba Goff. He’s the co-founder and CEO of the Center for Policing Equity. He’s also the director of Yale’s African American Studies program, and a professor of psychology. They discuss the different factors that may have diminished the movement's momentum and public support, and whether there’s a way forward in fighting police violence. Guest: Phillip Atiba Goff, co-founder and CEO of the Center for Policing Equity. Podcast production by Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola You can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/awordplus for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a word, a podcast from Slate. I'm your host, Jason Johnson. Tyrede
0:05.2	Nichols and Kenan Anderson were both killed by police in the opening weeks of
0:09.6	2023 and despite the so-called racial reckoning, police killings are
0:13.4	actually rose in 2022 with Black Americans suffering disproportionately. So as
0:18.2	the anti-police violence movement lost its momentum and if so what's the
0:22.0	path ahead? There are folks across communities that were in and are now out and
0:26.8	there are also folks who were in before or who got activated in 2020 who are
0:31.7	continuing to push and to move. Fighting police violence in a post-racial
0:36.0	reckoning world coming up on a word with me Jason Johnson stay with us.
0:44.3	Welcome to a word a podcast about race and politics and everything else. I'm your
0:48.7	host Jason Johnson. Five former Memphis police officers face charges including
0:54.0	second-degree murder and the death of Tyrede Nichols. Three minutes of
0:58.2	Nichols being beaten, tays and pepper sprayed after a traffic stop was
1:03.5	captured by body cameras. They attacked left him unrecognizable according to
1:08.2	his family members who viewed footage earlier this week. As of this recording
1:13.0	local authorities are braced for community outrage when the body cam tape is
1:17.6	released at a public at 7 p.m. on Friday. Here are some of the remarks by Memphis
1:22.5	police chief Sheryl and Davis. I expect you to feel what the Nichols family
1:27.0	feels. I expect you to feel outrage in the disregard of basic human rights as our
1:33.1	police officers have taken an oath to do the opposite of what transpired on the
1:38.0	video. I expect our citizens to exercise their first amendment right to
1:42.9	protest to demand action and results but we need to ensure our community is
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