Tyre Nichols’ death: A look through the prism of a police ethics instructor | Opinion
by five Memphis Police officers makes me cringe as a law enforcement official, as a Black man, and more importantly as a human being.
Nichols is, according to Thomas Jefferson, a person endowed by his creator with inalienable rights. Whether or not those five former officers saw this, they did not respect it. What drives human beings to defile one another like that? At this point, I expect many to say that police officers have a tough job. They see the worst of society. They must be social workers and psychologists. They must be athletes. They must be able to take on violence and win. I don’t disagree.
The first-line supervisor is also the third line of defense in ensuring that men and women who put on that badge retain the public trust. When the first line of defense and the second line of defense fail, the sergeant must reorient the ship. I am not confident that happened in this unit. Without proper monitoring, this psychology continued to grow. Coupled with the power these men enjoyed, they apparently felt they were above the law and could do anything. It is that arrogance that eventually took the life of Tyre Nichols and destroyed their own lives as well.
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