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Old 30-01-2023, 16:11   #49
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Re: Five Memphis police officers charged over death of Tyre Nichols

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Originally Posted by Mythica View Post
Clearly, which he might not have been if he had complied from the off.
Spoken like a white man.

I think you have no idea what it’s like to view these encounters from the perspective of someone who is twice as likely to be shot and killed by police as an ethnically white person.*

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...oups-rcna17169

* disclaimer - I’m a white man so I don’t know what it feels like either. But I believe it’s possible to infer a little by reference to statistics and personal testimony. I also believe it’s important that we privileged few try to do so.
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