Although the five officers charged over the death of Tyre Nichols were Black, that doesn’t mean race didn’t play a factor. @MehdiRHasan explains why it’s not only naïve to assume Nichols’ murder can’t be racist, it’s also ahistorical, ignorant, and just plain disingenuous.

Jan 30, 2023 · 1:21 AM UTC

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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan
The training system seems to use a fear based teaching structure - this 'could' happen but take it that it 'will' happen, DANGER, DANGER! There will always be potentional danger because of guns but the training of responding, assessing, taking cover, reassessing either isn't cont
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan
Utterly pathetic. Why don’t you just come out with “Whatever happens it’s White peoples’ fault” and then your race-baiting has no where to hide. Americans - please don’t think this nasty piece of work is representative of the UK because he mostly definitely isn’t.
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Exactly!
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan
He’s a spit talker, bet he hasn’t been invited to any dinner parties.
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan
So what? They defunded the Scorpion unit, and so now we have the Soft Charming Unit out there to continue the terror. It's naive to think that simply disbanding a unit ends that program.
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They should prosecute the paramedics also for standing and watching and not giving medical attention to Tyre
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Explain to us how it was racist. Black people racist against black people?