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CNN 5 Things

One Thing: What Tyre Nichols Could Change About Policing

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Calls for police reform have grown louder in the wake of the brutal beating that led to the death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis - especially after we learned that the first police report in the case did not match the video footage released by authorities. We examine why some are calling the quick decision to charge the officers involved a “blueprint” and look at the role specialized crime fighting units can sometimes play in these deadly encounters.  Guest: Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Senior Crime and Justice Correspondent To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, just a quick note before we start. This week's episode contains graphic descriptions

0:34.4

of police violence, and you're

0:36.2

going to hear some audio with profanity,

0:38.2

so please take care while listening.

0:40.8

All right, here's the show. By all accounts, Tyry Nichols loved skateboarding.

0:48.0

He loved photography.

0:50.0

He loved his four-year-old son.

0:52.0

And we know he loved his mother.

0:54.4

We know because we heard it.

0:56.2

We heard it on that body cam video, as a group of Memphis police officers violently beat him,

1:01.4

striking him at least nine times in less than four minutes,

1:04.3

Nichols was screaming out for his mother. He would die in the hospital days later.

1:09.1

And there was a moment at his funeral service last week that really stood out to me.

1:18.0

Amid calls to action from activists and Vice President Kamala Harris,

1:22.0

Nichols' sister made it a point to highlight his manners and politeness,

1:26.0

even as police beat him.

1:28.0

He asked him to please stop and they did it. And his mother,

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