At a Friday night protest at the Dallas Police Department headquarters, community organizer Shenita Cleveland recounted the events shown in the recently released body cam footage of Tyre Nichols' fatal beating by Memphis police officers. Read more here:
This is a developing story that will be updated.showing the fatal beating of a Black man at the hands of Memphis police, several dozen people gathered for an impassioned but peaceful demonstration.
“We’re still seeing this stuff happen again,” said Irfan Sattar, who lives in Dallas and has family in Memphis. “It’s uncalled for. America is supposed to be a great country. We’re a great country, let’s showcase it.” ”The culture of policing is what is allowing these officers to feel like they can take our lives,” he said. “We want peace and calm in our communities and we will do whatever is necessary to demand justice so our children don’t have to deal with the same bullcrap we are dealing with now.”
“This is a fight for the black and brown community,” said Colon, a teacher. “Our students are an easy target because of their skin color.“Earlier in the day, Changa Higgins, founder of Dallas Action, called on elected officials to develop concrete policies to minimize police encounters — especially for low-level offenses such as traffic stops — to make Dallas police transparency data more user-friendly and to give more power to police oversight.
“As law enforcement, we take an oath to protect and serve,” he said. “The actions that day broke, violated and tarnished that oath. Grand Prairie Police Chief Daniel Scesney said on Twitter said he was disgusted by the five officers. Jesuorobo Enobakhare Jr., chairman of Dallas’ Community Police Oversight Board, said he was encouraged to see Memphis officials move swiftly to bring charges against the former officers. But he said in a written statement that “police policy didn’t kill Tyre; police culture did,” and more action is needed for real change.
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