Your Call Police and Community

Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was beaten to death by five Black Memphis police officers only 100 yards away from his mother's home. The officers were swiftly charged with second degree murder, which is highly unusual. Civil rights attorneys say swift charges must become common practice in order to stop police brutality.

Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black father and son who loved to photograph sunsets, will be laid to rest today in Memphis, Tennessee. The country is dealing with collective trauma after yet another police killing and witnessing a savage and deadly beating. Where should the conversation go from here?

On this edition of Your Call, we discuss Black Mothers Love & Resist, a documentary about the mothers of young Black men victimized and killed by police brutality, who come together and build a network of community-led support, mutual aid, and healing. Wanda Johnson, the mother of Oscar Grant, now supports mothers like Angela Williams, whose son, Ulysses, survived a police beating in Alabama, living to tell his story. The film will be screened at this year's San Francisco International Film Festival.

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