Tyre Nichols | Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Consent decrees no panacea for police reform

by Clint Combs January 16, 2025January 15, 2025

Minneapolis is the first city to agree to police reform settlements under both state and federal jurisdictions, with a compliance report due by March 17, and has selected the nonprofit Effective Law Enforcement For All (EFLEFA) as an independent review board to ensure compliance.

Health + Wellness

We have a story to tell

by Dr. Dionne Hart March 1, 2023March 1, 2023

Policing has been recognized by multiple medical organizations as a public health threat.

National, News

Biden renews calls for police accountability during SOTU address

by Stacy M. Brown February 8, 2023February 8, 2023

During his second State of the Union address, President Joe Biden renewed the call for police accountability and the passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.

National, News

How Black cops could beat an unarmed Black motorist

by Rashad Shabazz, Arizona State University January 31, 2023February 1, 2023

Rashad Shabazz, a geographer and scholar to explore the societal conditions in which Black police officers could brutalize another Black man.

Opinion

The hate that killed Tyre Nichols

by James Trice January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

I believe the five Black police officers who murdered Tyre Nichols were acting according to the societal norm of racism and anti-Black hate.

Featured, Local & State, News

Nichols killing fuels local demands for police reform

by Cole Miska January 30, 2023March 21, 2023

‘This is a part of a blue culture that is anti-Black that does not hesitate to discriminate against Black people because they know that typically they will get away with it.’

National, News

Memphis police release footage of deadly Tyre Nichols beating

by MSR News Online January 28, 2023January 31, 2023

‘It is yet another painful reminder of the profound fear and trauma, the pain, and the exhaustion that Black and Brown Americans experience every single day.’