Tyre Nichols

The prosecutor who broke the mold with the Tyre Nichols case

Steve Mulroy, the Shelby county district attorney, discusses the swift charges on the five officers and criminal justice reform in Memphis

Sam Levine

17, Feb, 2023 @11:00 AM

Officer took and shared photos of bloodied Tyre Nichols, documents say

Demetrius Haley sent photographs of Nichols to other officers and a female acquaintance

Guardian staff and agencies

08, Feb, 2023 @9:22 PM

Families of Tyre Nichols and George Floyd to attend State of the Union

Close relatives of Black people killed by police invited to Biden’s address by more than a dozen members of Congress

Edwin Rios

07, Feb, 2023 @9:48 PM

I have seen race hate in the US and UK and the message is the same: no one is free until we are all free | Al Sharpton

Policing still devalues Black lives, but we have seen progress, and know our struggle yields results, says civil rights activist and radio talkshow host Rev Al Sharpton

Al Sharpton

07, Feb, 2023 @2:05 PM

Yes, Black officers killed Tyre Nichols. What is the correct response to that? | Rev Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

The hierarchy of racial terror has never been enforced only by white people. Nor has it harmed only Black people

Reverend William Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

07, Feb, 2023 @11:19 AM

Black skateboarders on the life and death of Tyre Nichols: ‘He was one of us. That could have been me’

Three skaters address their own experiences, activism and the police response to their communities

Niloufar Haidari

07, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM

What is the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act and is it likely to pass?

‘We need to get that bill passed,’ Tyre Nichols’s mother said at his funeral – but what is it, and will Congress ever act?

Joan E Greve

06, Feb, 2023 @11:00 AM

Al Sharpton warns UK could suffer US-style police brutality without deep reform

Civil rights veteran who gave eulogy at Tyre Nichols’ funeral says racism in UK policing could produce similar tragedies

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

06, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM

Patrisse Cullors on 10 years of Black Lives Matter: ‘A painful reminder of what hasn’t changed’

The BLM co-founder talks Tyre Nichols, LAPD’s killing of her cousin and the fight for abolition: ‘It’s not individual bad officers, it’s a culture of violence’

Sam Levin in Los Angeles

05, Feb, 2023 @11:00 AM

Family says son’s death shows pattern of Memphis police brutality: ‘System hasn’t changed’

The recent killing of Tyre Nichols reopens a family’s wounds from the death of Steven Askew 10 years ago at the hands of the Memphis police

Edwin Rios and Oliver Laughland

03, Feb, 2023 @7:00 AM

Congress struggles with police reform: Politics Weekly America podcast

Jonathan Freedland speaks to Dr David Thomas of Florida Gulf Coast University about why lawmakers find police reform a difficult issue to legislate on

Presented by Jonathan Freedland, with Dr David Thomas, produced by Danielle Stephens, with executive producer Maz Ebtehaj

03, Feb, 2023 @5:00 AM