Didn’t protect or serve: Tyre Nichols’s killing
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 30 January 2023
⏱️ 29 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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| 0:00.0 | Nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best International Feature. |
| 0:07.0 | All quiet on the Western Front. |
| 0:10.0 | One of the most nominated films in BAFTA history in 14 categories, including Best Film and Director for Edward Berger. |
| 0:18.0 | Critics are calling it the best picture of the year, a masterpiece. |
| 0:23.0 | All quiet on the Western Front, back in cinemas now and on Netflix. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. |
| 0:39.0 | In New York, I'm John Fasben. |
| 0:41.0 | And in London, I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 0:43.0 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:50.0 | When the Taliban seized power in 2021, Mersal Nabizada, unlike many other former parliamentarians, did not flee. |
| 0:58.0 | But she was murdered in Kabul earlier this month, highlighting just how bad things have got for women in Afghanistan. |
| 1:06.0 | And everyone knows about Pavlov's dog. |
| 1:10.0 | He starts salivating when he hears a bell, because he's learned that food follows the ringing. |
| 1:15.0 | Turns out that understanding isn't quite right. |
| 1:18.0 | Why? With some mice, buzzers and a bit of sugar, we'll explain. |
| 1:28.0 | But first... |
| 1:36.0 | It's been almost three weeks since Tyree Nichols, a 29-year-old black man, died in Memphis, Tennessee. |
| 1:43.0 | It had been three days since his brutal encounter with five Memphis police officers. |
| 1:48.0 | America had waited for days as police prepared to release damning video footage of a traffic stop that turned into an ultimately fatal beating. |
| 1:57.0 | This is the fuck up you! |
| 1:59.0 | This is the fuck up the fuck you cut! |
| 2:01.0 | Damn, I need to do anything! |
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