The Beating and Murder of Mr. Tyre Nichols, A Black Man by Ronald E. Hampton
“My name is Ronald E. Hampton, retired D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer, and former Executive Director of the National Black Police Association. As the Convener of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century’s Police Justice and Accountability Task Force, I am facilitating a national and international conversation on the urgent need to radically restructure the concept and practice of public safety and law enforcement with a group of police and criminal justice reform advocates, scholars, former police and corrections officers. The current destructive, death-dealing system that is suppressing, oppressing, brutalizing, and killing Black people must be abolished. “I was not at all surprised, shocked, or blindsided by the actions of the Black police officers in Memphis who taunted, humiliated and beat Tyre Nichols to death, allegedly for driving “recklessly.” The behavior of these officers and others on the scene, who were supposed to “serve and protect” the community is a raw, naked manifestation of the systemic and internalized racism within policing which is a mirror reflection of other institutions in our society. “In addition, this unconscionable incident should cause us to examine the idea that just having Black police officers in the ranks of police departments in this country will [...]
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“My name is Ronald E. Hampton, retired D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer, and former Executive Director of the National Black Police Association. As the Convener of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century’s Police Justice and Accountability Task Force, I am facilitating a national and international conversation on the urgent need to radically restructure the concept and practice of public safety and law enforcement with a group of police and criminal justice reform advocates, scholars, former police and corrections officers. The current destructive, death-dealing system that is suppressing, oppressing, brutalizing, and killing Black people must be abolished. “I was not at all surprised, shocked, or blindsided by the actions of the Black police officers in Memphis who taunted, humiliated and beat Tyre Nichols to death, allegedly for driving “recklessly.” The behavior of these officers and others on the scene, who were supposed to “serve and protect” the community is a raw, naked manifestation of the systemic and internalized racism within policing which is a mirror reflection of other institutions in our society. “In addition, this unconscionable incident should cause us to examine the idea that just having Black police officers in the ranks of police departments in this country will [...]
