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By Amelia Nierenberg
The emergence of a video Friday showing five Memphis Police Department officers beating and pepper-spraying Tire Nichols, a 29-year-old black man, has caused horror and disgust among law enforcement officials, lawmakers and others across the United States.
According to the video, officials intensified the use of physical force and gave contradictory orders. It does not appear that Nichols retaliated for the beating. At one point, he yelled at his mother. Once doctors arrived at the scene, they waited to receive more than 16 minutes without administering treatment.
Nichols had been arrested for what police first described as reckless driving. He died 3 days later and an independent autopsy revealed that he “suffered heavy bleeding caused by severe blows. “
The city of Memphis released the video a day after the officials were charged with second-degree murder and other crimes. All five officers are black, a fact that has displaced national verbal exchange to police culture itself. Many argue that the police formula and its tactics advertise racism and violence more than the racial identity of any specific officer.
A: The country has continuously faced high-profile cases of black men and women killed by police officers. The immediate release of the images reflects a national shift in the way police investigate and report on such cases.
Fallout: On Saturday, the Memphis Police Department announced it had disbanded the questionable unit in which the five officers had worked.
Tire Nichols: Skateboarder and maverick, Nichols has forged his own path from California to Tennessee.
A series of raids and attacks since Thursday in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jerusalem have left more than 20 people dead. Yesterday, an 18-year-old Palestinian boy was shot dead outside an Israeli settlement.
Israel’s new far-right government has only been in place for a month. But under his leadership, Israelis and Palestinians have already experienced one of the most violent phases, outside of a full-scale war, in years.
Nine Palestinians were shot dead Thursday morning, in the deadliest Israeli incursion in at least part of a decade. Yesterday, a tenth user died. On Friday, a Palestinian gunman killed seven others outside a synagogue in Jerusalem, the deadliest attack on civilians. On Saturday, a gunman who police say thirteen shot and wounded two Israelis near a deal in East Jerusalem.
In response, the Israeli government said on Saturday it planned to speed up gun licenses for Israeli citizens, bolster army and police equipment to make more arrests of Palestinians and carry out operations against Palestinians’ weapons.
Analysts worry that Israeli policies will exacerbate an already volatile situation, reports Patrick Kingsley, head of our Jerusalem office. Growing frustration and violence among Palestinian youth also contribute to an explosive situation.
Western Australian authorities are in favour of a dangerously radioactive capsule. It is smaller than a penny and can be anywhere along a vast desert highway.
The device, which is a sensor used in mining, allegedly fell from a truck driving from a Rio Tinto mine in remote northern Western Australia to Perth, the state capital. The 1,400-kilometer (870-mile) adventure lasted several days.
Studies come to the use of radiation detectors. “What we’re doing is looking for a little visual device,” one official said.
If you see it: Keep at least five meters away. The cesium-137 capsule. One hour of exposure about one meter away is equivalent to having received 10 X-rays. Prolonged contact can cause skin burns, acute radiation illness, and cancer.
Novak Djokovic won the men’s singles title at the Australian Open, a year after refusing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus and missing the tournament. It is the tenth time he has won the tournament and his 22nd Grand Slam title.
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus won the women’s singles title. She defeated Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan.
A bus in Pakistan fell into a ravine and caught fire, killing at least one person.
Flooding in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, has killed at least 4 people, the BBC reports, after the region suffered the worst downpour on record.
China’s oil and fuel intake fell in 2022 for the first time in decades.
Most Australians under the age of 35 move Australia Day to January 26.
Asia is cold. The fault of the polar vortex.
The Ukrainian military said its infantrymen had repelled Russian attacks on villages near the eastern town of Bakhmut.
The Kremlin banned Meduza, one of the leading independent news outlets founded in Latvia.
The Czech Republic decisively elected Petr Pavel, a retired high-ranking NATO general, as president, cementing himself as a supporter of Ukraine.
The U. S. U. S. officials overseeing aid insist Ukraine is cracking down on corruption after recent dismissal of seniorArray
Two men who faced Russian assignment used a fishing boat to seek asylum in the United States.
The protests are multiplying in Lima, led in large part by indigenous people, peasants and Peruvians who do not see the president’s resignation as easy.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has fired Nadhim Zahawi, chairman of the Conservative Party, over his fiscal matters.
Donald Trump held his first public events after officially opening his candidacy to return to the White House.
The Netherlands and Japan will join the US. UU. al to ban some shipments of its chip generation to China.
The Associated Press caused a stir when it presented a stylistic trick: “We propose to avoid general, dehumanizing labels such as the poor, the mentally ill, the French, the disabled. “
This did not please the French. (How else would we call them, “the other people of the French”?) “In fact, the French like to be stereotyped as French,” writes the leader of our Paris office. “They experience French with wonderful taste. “
One day, we’ll look back at the early 2020s and ask ourselves: what were we thinking?.
Their answers include: monarchy, plastic bottles, selfies and gender reveal parties. Also, the pandemic and our responses to it, and they use the word “journey” to describe something other than a dangerous walk.
Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired magazine, gave my favorite answer, which includes, “Eating dead animals. Not having two spouses at the same time. Fear human clones (they are serial twins). Packaging food in plastic. Thinking you needed permission to make a stopover in another country.
Peanut butter glazed salmon is fun.
“Poker Face,” starring Natasha Lyonne, is arguably the most productive criminal display in 50 years.
Sam Smith’s fourth album, “Gloria”, ambitious and danceable songs.
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