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Al Sharpton warns failure to address UK police brutality will lead to more deaths

Civil rights veteran Reverend Al Sharpton is currently visiting the UK and has warned that police brutality incidents such as the recent killing of Tyre Nichols by Memphis officers could happen in the UK without reforms

Daily Mirror

Leonard Greene: Without police brutality bill, George Floyd, Tyre Nichols deaths are in vain

You would think that after what happened in Memphis, legislators would be tripping over themselves to get to the House floor to pass a new law that promises real police reform.

Tribune News Service

Jill Biden invites Rolling Meadows H.S. student to sit in her box at the State of the Union address

RowVaughn and Rodney Wells, the mother and stepfather of Tyre Nichols, who died after a police beating in Memphis, Tenn., will also be guests of the first lady.

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Black skateboarders on the life and death of Tyre Nichols: ‘He was one of us. That could have been me’

Three skaters address their own experiences, activism and the police response to their communities

The Guardian - US

'Deadly brew': Amid soaring crime, Memphis cops lowered bar

In the years leading up to Tyre Nichols’ deadly arrest, Memphis police have been dogged by a confluence of dangerous trends, including a chronic shortage of officers and a struggle to bring in recruits

The Independent UK

What is the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act and is it likely to pass?

‘We need to get that bill passed,’ Tyre Nichols’s mother said at his funeral – but what is it, and will Congress ever act?

The Guardian - US

Tyre Nichols' mom, chief: Women on two sides of a tragedy

Tyre Nichols’ mother and Memphis police chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis are two women caught on different sides of a tragedy

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Patrisse Cullors on 10 years of Black Lives Matter: ‘A painful reminder of what hasn’t changed’

The BLM co-founder talks Tyre Nichols, LAPD’s killing of her cousin and the fight for abolition: ‘It’s not individual bad officers, it’s a culture of violence’

The Guardian - US

In Tyre Nichols' neighborhood, Black residents fear police

In a terrible way, the death of Tyre Nichols brings some vindication to members of the Black community in Memphis who live in terror of police

The Independent UK

Tyre Nichols: Sixth Memphis police officer fired for role in arrest

Preston Hemphill had previously been suspended as he was investigated for his role in the arrest of Nichols, who died three days later

Evening Standard

A 6th Memphis police officer has been fired after the beating death of Tyre Nichols

Preston Hemphill had been suspended as he was investigated for his role in the Jan. 7 arrest of Nichols, who died in a hospital three days later. Five Memphis officers have already been fired.

WEKU

Sixth Memphis police officer Preston Hemphill fired over Tyre Nichols killing

Nichols family had accused officials of ‘shielding’ sixth officer from consequences

The Independent UK

Deadly Ice Storm Snarls Travel Across Southern US

A winter storm brought rounds of sleet and rain, hazardous driving conditions were to blame for at least six fatalities

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Tyre Nichols – news: Sixth officer fired and paramedics sanctioned as polls show declining trust in police

More than 20 hours of video related to Nichols’ beating by Memphis police has yet to be released

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Man charged in Tennessee jogger's death pleads not guilty

The man charged with raping and killing a Tennessee kindergarten teacher during a pre-dawn run in Memphis last year has pleaded not guilty

The Independent UK

Cleotha Henderson: Suspect in Eliza Fletcher murder pleads not guilty

Ms Fletcher was abducted and killed in September

The Independent UK

Officer shot at public library remains in critical condition

Police say a Tennessee officer who was shot at a public library in Memphis while responding to a trespassing complaint remains in “extremely critical condition."

The Independent UK

Advocates: Black cops not exempt from anti-Black policing

The death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis stands apart from some other police killings because the young Black man was beaten by Black officers

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The Guardian - UK

First Thing: police killings will continue until system changes, grieving family says

Tyre Nichols’ death reopens wounds felt by family of Steven Askew, who died 10 years ago at hands of Memphis police. Plus, wave of ‘sushi terrorism’ grips Japan

Los Angeles Times

Erika D. Smith: Before Tyre Nichols was a martyr, he was a Sacramento kid who didn't 'see color'

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Through it all, the family of Tyre Nichols put on their brave faces Wednesday in that church in Memphis, Tennessee.

The Guardian - US

Family says son’s death shows pattern of Memphis police brutality: ‘System hasn’t changed’

The recent killing of Tyre Nichols reopens a family’s wounds from the death of Steven Askew 10 years ago at the hands of the Memphis police

The Independent UK

Tyre Nichols - news: Poll shows declining trust in police as 20 hours of body camera video missing

More than 20 hours of video related to Nichols’ beating by Memphis police has yet to be released

The Independent UK

Tyre Nichols - news: 20 hours of video missing as pressure grows on Biden over police reform

More than 20 hours of video related to Nichols’ beating by Memphis police has yet to be released

The Independent UK

Why America’s skateboarders are riding for Tyre Nichols

Viral skate videos of Tyre Nichols have taken on new life in the wake of his death, resonating with skaters across the country who will ride in his honour, his friends and skateboarders tell Alex Woodward

The Independent UK

1 dead, officer wounded in shooting at Memphis library

Authorities say a shooting at a Tennessee library has left one person dead and a police officer critically wounded

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