The photography of Tyre Nichols

January 28, 2023 8:57 AM

Beyond the headlines, the man. From Heather Cox Richardson.
posted by aiq (26 comments total)

I saw this on FB this morning. I really appreciate what HCR has done here and I think its so important not to reduce the victims of state violence to nothing but their deaths.

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posted by supermedusa at 9:09 AM on January 28, 2023 [18 favorites]

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Thank you for this post.
posted by punchtothehead at 9:30 AM on January 28, 2023 [1 favorite]

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posted by bouvin at 9:46 AM on January 28, 2023

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posted by pt68 at 9:49 AM on January 28, 2023

I think this is so important. He was a human being, and should be acknowledged as such.

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posted by Phlegmco(tm) at 10:00 AM on January 28, 2023 [6 favorites]

Thank you - I had been looking for his site. He sure seemed like a great guy with an amazing personality. I am heartbroken for his family and loved ones.

There literally are no words to describe the horror of what happened to him.

Curious - this post is just a link to Tyre's site - who is HCR, and what does she have to do with this?
posted by davidmsc at 10:18 AM on January 28, 2023 [5 favorites]

Heather Cox Richardson is a history professor who writes about politics and current events. Here’s the piece she wrote. aiq was crediting Richardson with the link and the idea to remember the life of Tyre Nichols, not only his death.
posted by punchtothehead at 10:27 AM on January 28, 2023 [11 favorites]

Thank you for this.

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posted by eirias at 10:46 AM on January 28, 2023

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posted by Kattullus at 12:00 PM on January 28, 2023

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posted by gentlyepigrams at 12:13 PM on January 28, 2023

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posted by JoeXIII007 at 12:54 PM on January 28, 2023

Thank you for this.
posted by clavdivs at 1:23 PM on January 28, 2023

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posted by Oyéah at 2:06 PM on January 28, 2023

He took beautiful pictures of the city that murdered him
posted by hydropsyche at 2:11 PM on January 28, 2023 [1 favorite]

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posted by mersen at 2:20 PM on January 28, 2023

I am exhausted by the losses to humanity of creativity, spirit, soul, and sensitivity.

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the battle over melanin levels is just not worth its cost centuries after its brutal exploitation ended

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posted by infini at 3:08 PM on January 28, 2023 [1 favorite]

the battle over melanin levels
Unlike a lot (most?) similar incidents, this one seems much more about policing than skin color given that all the cops involved were also black.
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 3:17 PM on January 28, 2023 [1 favorite]

Conversely, that racism is so deeply and utterly imbued in policing culture in the United States that it infects all officers, even those who are not white.
posted by supermedusa at 3:27 PM on January 28, 2023 [22 favorites]

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posted by erattacorrige at 3:37 PM on January 28, 2023

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posted by Glinn at 4:03 PM on January 28, 2023

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posted by achrise at 4:07 PM on January 28, 2023

Conversely, that racism is so deeply and utterly imbued in policing culture in the United States that it infects all officers, even those who are not white.

Exactly this. It's been well documented in numerous studies that both white and black cops, judges, teachers, etc. treat black people more harshly than white people. Racism is insidious and deeply harmful.
posted by Artifice_Eternity at 4:36 PM on January 28, 2023 [13 favorites]

I guess assuming that people will behave a certain way based only on visible physical attributes isn't really a safe strategy...
posted by amtho at 4:41 PM on January 28, 2023 [2 favorites]

Thank you for posting this.

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posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 10:32 PM on January 28, 2023