COMMENTARY: While the arrests in the Tyre Nichols case do suggest a change in the national approach to police violence, writes Jon Carter, we still need to brace ourselves for a more complicated conversation about systemic change.
And still, for Black people watching this case, any outcome will have a troubling asterisk.
Let’s be clear: The Memphis Five should be awaiting trial for murder. The lynching was indefensible, no matter who committed it. However, most attempts to convict police officers of murder charges don’t go far — because of a legal doctrine called “qualified immunity.” “” means that police officers get away with behavior that would be criminal for a civilian; courts allow such charges only when they fit a narrow scenario in which the officers violate the victim’s constitutional rights.
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