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This is video of Tyre Nichols skateboarding, as released by his family: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_hZGVI2U-4

None of the traffic cameras showed him swerving or driving aggressively. He was coming back home to his mom's house after taking pictures of the sunset. He liked Starbucks.

Two cops held his arms back while their colleagues were punching him in the face, yelling "show me your hands! show me your hands!" and "stop resisting!" ... captured for the audio, but only before someone noticed the overhead camera.[/quote]

I don't want this to get lost. He was some 80 yards from his mother's house, crying out for her. There is no evidence for any reason to pull him over. [/quote]

[b]This latter assertion is a red herring. [/b]The standard for a lawful police stop is mere “reasonable suspicion,” a preposterously low bar that permits even pretextual stops in many instances. Further, fleeing and eluding the police is itself a “high and aggravated misdemeanor” in Georgia.

Whatever the merits of the charges in this case,[b] the authorities [/b]do nothing but weaken their position by grabbing at straws for something else like this to add. [/quote]

You disagree with the chief of police for this city, then? That's an authority whose assessment you do not accept?

[b]Memphis police chief says officers had 'no proof' to pull Tyre Nichols over[/b]
https://www.businessinsider.com/tyre-nichols-traiffic-stop-no-proof-memphis-police-chief-says-2023-1[/quote]

It is absolutely clear that the police administration has crossed the line from impartiality to advocacy. They, the department and the City have significant exposure in this case. The mere alleged absence of evidence for w lawful stop at this point, when the full investigation is in its early stages, does not mean there is no evidence or that the stop was not lawful. The insistence that the accused produce evidence of a lawful stop turns the burden of proof on its head. If part of the alleged offenses of the accused is that the stop was not lawful it is for the authorities to prove that, not for the accused to disprove it in the first instance. [/quote]

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