On Jan. 27, the Memphis Police Department released video of Tyre Nichols’ death. Nichols, 29, died on Jan. 10 three days after he was pulled over for allegedly driving reckless.
In the hours leading up to the release of the video, some believed that it was similar to a public lynching. Another Black person being tortured to death for public consumption.
Following Emancipation, white mobs in the South would kidnap Black victims and hold public ceremonies where they were tortured and lynched. There were over 4,000 lynchings documented in America from 1890 to 1940.
Although lynchings were mostly documented by newspapers last century, the abuse of Black bodies can now be viewed by millions through video and social media.
Emerald Garner, the daughter of Eric Garner, took aim at how Tyre Nichols’ video release was being treated like a “premiere of a movie.”
“The fact that we waited for this video to be released like it was an exclusive movie…
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