In-depth conversation about Tyre Nichols' death, policing in US and how we move forward

Wednesday, February 1, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Tyre Nichols' fatal encounter with police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, recorded in video made public Friday night, is a glaring reminder that efforts to reform policing have failed to prevent more flashpoints in an intractable epidemic of brutality.

In wake of his death and funeral, ABC7 News gathered a group of experts to discuss the accountability of police - and other public servants that failed Nichols - and how we all move forward.

  • Martin Reynolds, Co-Executive of the Maynard Institute

  • Cat Books, executive director of Anti Police-Terror Project and Justice Teams Network

  • Nikki Jones, Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley Sociology Professor and Chair of the African American Studies Department

  • Lorenzo Boyd L , Ph.D., Associate Professor of Criminal Justice At the University of New Haven

  • Pamela Price, Alameda County District Attorney


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