The attorney representing the family of Tyr Nichols, a black man who was fatally beaten by Memphis police officers, called on the US Congress on Sunday to pass police reform legislation and said Nichols’ mother hopes the tragedy ends “for a greater good”. Might be possible. ,
Ben Crump told CNN’s “State of the Union,” “Shame on us if we don’t use his tragic death to drive passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.”
Court records show all five officers are scheduled to appear before Shelby County Criminal Court Judge James Jones at 9 a.m. Feb. 17.
Crump said he and the Nichols family spoke with President Joe Biden on Friday and urged him to use Nichols’ death to rally support for the act’s passage.
NicholsThe mother was coping with her son’s death, believing he was destined to change the world, Crump said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”
“She believes in her heart that Tire was sent here on an assignment and that more good is going to come out of this tragedy.”
The “George Floyd Justice in Policing Act” was introduced in 2021 after the death of George Floyd after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes, which sparked worldwide protests over racial injustice. did.
The bill, which aims to curb aggressive law enforcement tactics, passed the Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives in 2021 but is stalled in the Senate. Biden called on Congress on Thursday to send the legislation to his desk.
death of nicholas The latest high-profile example of police using excessive force against black people and other minorities. Crump said that Nichols’ death should ultimately spur lawmakers to act.
“This is a culture that says, ‘It doesn’t matter if police officers are black or Hispanic or white, it either way allows you to trample on the constitutional rights of certain citizens of certain ethnicities and certain communities. is,” Crump said on CNN.
Republican House of Representatives Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” cautioned against rushing new legislation to create new mandates for police.
“These five individuals had no respect for life. And again, I don’t think these five men represent the vast, vast majority of law enforcement. But I don’t know that you can do anything to prevent incidents like this.” may or may not.” The evil we saw in that video,” he said.
Five officers, all black, have been charged with Nichols’ murder after video captured on bodycam and a street surveillance camera showed them violently confronting Nichols on January 7.
Nichols, 29, was hospitalized and died three days later in the city where he lived with his mother and stepfather and worked at FedEx.
The Memphis Police Department on Saturday disbanded the SCORPION unit comprising the officers, as protests rocked US cities a day after gruesome video of the attack was released.
The officers were charged Thursday with second-degree murder, assault, kidnapping, official misconduct and harassment in Nichols’ death and dismissed from the department.
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