Short Takes — 08

Additional Thoughts on the Tyre Nichols Videos.

Tyre Nichols, being beaten to death by Memphis police officers about 80 yards from his mother’s house.

I watched the Tyre Nichols tapes on Friday. I watched the tapes and about 6 hours of commentary on a variety of channels.

I watched them at 7pm when they aired on CNN, MSNBC, and FOX. I flipped between the channels because I was very curious about how each would present the material. I half expected FOX not to show it at all, I was a little surprised that they did.

If you want to know what I saw. Here is what I wrote. My Take — 07 : Let’s talk about “the POLICE” and police work.

Here are some additional thoughts about what I saw and how I interpret it. The “meaning” I am assigning to things in the dataset of facts.

ONE: It seemed odd to me that a “doctor” at the hospital was the one to call Mr. Nichols mother.

Tyre’s mother and her husband took this picture on his cell phone at the hospital.

From Testimony:

Around 11:30 p.m. At Nichol’s home. 80 yards from where he was beaten to death. Officers visit the home and talk to Tyre’s mother. She states: