How do families cope?
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I honestly wasn't concerned about details of the timeline myself, too overwhelmed with the reports that were being given, the beathing and the death. There is some timeline info in this article if anyone is interested.Pepper, do you know the time line on this tragedy because I'm not sure I do. I know he was pulled over for 'reckless driving' whatever it was. He could have been going too fast or weaving lanes which I have noted people to do. But didn't he run from his car area BECAUSE he was being beaten and then they caught up to him and beat him further? Essentially killing him right there. If that's the case, he had every right to run. Who get ef gets beat up at a traffic stop.
And what about the EMT? That gets to me, couldn't they see this was not just pepper spray. A pepper spray person would be sitting up and talking and once under control their eyes should be rinsed. This was not a pepper spray incident. A lay person on the street could have seen that.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/timeline-tyre-nichols-deadly-encounter-memphis-police-rcna68018
They turned out to be the worst of the worst, nothing the victim could have done to save his life.
Alligatorob
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Not as bad as the family of the victim, but it must be pretty bad. And likely harder to get much support.
I'll never forget the Amish reaction supporting the family of the man who murdered five Amish school girls. We could all take a lesson...
Amish join killer’s funeral
https://www.deseret.com/2006/10/8/19978331/amish-join-killer-s-funeral
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hollydolly
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yes but how do you tell him he may be a target by other Black men who are there to uphold the law...supposedly.. how does anyone have that talk with their kids regardless of colour or creed.. ? Look here son, there's a great possibility that the people we employ to protect you from harm will kick you to death for very little reason..
hollydolly
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exactly SB... they weren't dealing with the worst of the worst...Tyre's was a msidemeanour so should not have been on their Radar at all to even stop him... or at the very least to stop him and send him on his way with a warning... No...THEY were the worst of the worst..and very likely have beaten and attacked people before but got away with it... and this time was no different except they just didn't know when to stop...They turned out to be the worst of the worst, nothing the victim could have done to save his life.
Alligatorob
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I think @seadoug 's point was that, in the US anyway, this is more likely to happen to black men. So their mothers have a greater need to explain... a sad thing.
hollydolly
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Oh yes I understand that... but the irony that I see, is that these Black mothers are likely to be warning their kids against generally..white people.. they're surely not thinking that it will be necessary to warn them against cops who are also Black. Not that I'm inferring that Black cops don't go after Black kids, but more that the last people most black mothers would be thinking would kill their child and especially for a misdemeanour would be a black cop..