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Black Faces, Blue Culture: The Tyre Nichols Verdict and the Crisis of Black Leadership
Two years ago, the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols at the hands of five Memphis police officers shocked the nation. The video was horrifying. Nichols, unarmed and pleading for his life, was pummeled by men who looked like him—Black officers, under a Black police chief, in a majority-Black city. The SCORPION unit responsible was immediately […]
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