Didn’t protect or serve: Tyre Nichols’s killing
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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The response to the death of the 29-year-old has differed from that of previous cases of police killings; we ask what the tragedy indicates about how America deals with police violence. Our correspondent says a lawmaker’s murder in Afghanistan highlights the misery of women under the Taliban. And why a decades-old model of animal and human learning is under fire.
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| 1:00.7 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:04.2 | In New York, I'm John Fasten. |
| 1:06.7 | And in London, I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:08.9 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:15.4 | When the Taliban seized power in 2021, Mirsal Nabazzata, unlike many other former parliamentarians, did not flee. |
| 1:24.1 | But she was murdered in Kabul earlier this month, highlighting just how bad things have |
| 1:28.8 | got for women in Afghanistan. And everyone knows about Pavlov's dog. He starts salivating |
| 1:36.8 | when he hears a bell because he's learned that food follows the ringing. Turns out that |
| 1:41.9 | understanding isn't quite right. Why? With some mice, |
| 1:46.4 | buzzers, and a bit of sugar, we'll explain. But first... It's been almost three weeks since Tyree Nichols, a 29-year-old black man, died in Memphis, Tennessee. |
| 2:08.5 | It had been three days since his brutal encounter with five Memphis police officers. |
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