After the beating death of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers in January and other abuses that have come to light, the police department is under mounting pressure to change its culture.
"We criminalize poor Black people"
"If you've been Black in America for 15 minutes, you know something about the trauma related to policing," Fisher says. Fisher and others are calling for more investment to address poverty in Memphis, and less contact and conflict between residents and police. "I think Tyree's case just was the straw that broke the camel's back," says RowVaughn Wells, Tyre Nichols mother.
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