How the officers' race will influence protesters – and any future jury in the courtroom – remains to be seen. But experts, activists and attorneys told USA TODAY that the race of the officers involved is far less important than the race of the victim.
Nichols' death exploded into national headlines even before Friday night, when Memphis police released the graphic video footage from Jan. 7. It shows officers attempting to arrest Nichols at a red light, and again after a pursuit to a nearby neighborhood. In all, officers hit Nichols with pepper spray, a Taser, a baton as well as punches and kicks. Nichols cries out for his mother as officers strike him. They then prop him up as he repeatedly slumps to the ground.
"Absolutely it is the race of the suspect that matters most," he said."It's the historically biased culture of policing that killed [Nichols]." "It takes off the table that issues and problems in law enforcement [are] about race," she told CNN."It is not. It is about human dignity and integrity, accountability, and the duty to protect our community. And as this video will show you, it doesn’t matter who is wearing the uniform, that we all have that same responsibility. So it takes race off the table. But it does indicate to me that bias might be a factor also in the manner in which we engage the community.
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