January 31, 2023 at 11:28 am EST Memphis City Council Chairman Martavius Jones, a Black man, says he was overcome with emotion after seeing the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis
police., Jones broke down on air when asked about the Nichols video. He told Yahoo News that he was emotional because he experienced a frightening encounter with law enforcement decades ago.
“So being pulled over, under false pretenses by law enforcement, could have easily turned sideways. And it could have been dire consequences for me or people that I know,” Jones said. Watching the video was even more emotional for Jones because he’s raising a young Black boy in America.found that the sixth leading cause of death for young men of color is the use of force by police. The numbers show that Black men are killed by police 2.5 times more than white men.
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