Tyre Nichols couldn't have obeyed the police if he wanted to

[Nevilledog]

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/tyre-nichols-video-police-abuse-rcna68227

When 29-year-old Tyre Nichols was stopped by police in Memphis, Tennessee, on Jan. 7 over what police said was suspicion of reckless driving, he was beaten so badly that three days later he was dead. A single statistic from an excellent New York Times video investigation helps illuminate how that happened.

According to the Times, several police officers gave Nichols 71 commands in 13 minutes — many of which were “confusing, conflicting and sometimes even impossible to obey” because of how police were pinning him down.

If you watch the disturbing video of the exchange, you can see how the instructions weren’t meant to help Nichols cooperate with the police. Instead, they provided the police with a pretext to further escalate violence.

Video footage shows how the police's behavior was about bullying and striking fear in Nichols more than it was about upholding the law.
The deployment of often-nonsensical instructions underscores a key aspect of how Nichols ended up dead after a traffic stop. According to former law enforcement officials and experts, the police were exhibiting a policing ideology in which cops view dominating suspects as essential to their self-preservation and identity.

An examination of the video footage shows how the police's behavior was about bullying and striking fear in Nichols more than it was about upholding the law. Police swiftly dragged Nichols out of his car during the traffic stop. At one point, while one officer pinned his wrist down, another one told him to place his hands behind his back. Around the same time, he was told to lie down — even though he was already on the ground. Moments later, the cops agreed that he should be pepper-sprayed, and he was immediately sprayed in the eyes.

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[RockRaven]

1. Cops know:

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

2. I always stunned when I hear the shouted "stop resisting!"

When very plainly no one is resisting.

[Buns_of_Fire]

5. "Stop resisting!" is the new catch-all phrase to excuse any brutality.

If, for whatever reason, your limbs just don't bend in the direction they want, you're resisting. If you try to roll over a bit so you can breathe, you're resisting. Anything to mitigate any discomfort or pain is resisting. If you do anything to keep yourself from dying right then and there, you're resisting.

[Nevilledog]

7. It's also to influence and use any bystanders as witnesses.

Prosecutor: Did you hear the police officer giving any orders to the defendant?

Witness: Yes, he kept telling the guy to stop resisting.

[akbacchus_BC]

3. There is no justification for this young guy to die from police brutality. It is sickening to see

this shit happening over and over again, since Black People were enslaved. It's Black History this month and one needs to have a lot of stamina to see documentaries such as Driving While Black and Slavery by another name. Anyone claiming they do not see the atrocities against Black people are burying their heads in the sand. The atrocities then and now is disgusting.
PS: Who cares about atrocities against people of colour on here, except a few!!!

[raging moderate]

6. I care about atrocities against people of color.

How can I help? Unfortunately, I am a 75 year old woman, but I will do what I can.