Black motorist pulled over for a traffic stop beaten to death by 5 Memphis police officers

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DaaQ

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Those saying "he should have complied" are complete fucking idiots. I wish every one of those fat old white bastards saying that could get pulled over by a black cop, get dragged out of their cars, have their face ground into the pavement all while the cop is kicking them and hollering "stop resisting!".
I had quite the opposite encounter, 3 white cops with the 4th black cop taking lead. Several years ago.

I used to work 4pm to 2am, My wife has a Salon, hairdresser, well that morning she asked me to go to the 2nd county over to pick up supplies she needed. I left and started the hour 30 minute drive.

I go into State Beauty Supply and ask to pick up the order the wife was supposed to place over the phone.

Get told no order has been placed, so I am like OK I will message her and see what s going on.

Well waiting for her to text me back I fell asleep, remember i got OFF work at 2-2:45 am. I went out there which is a different time zone at 9am my time, we are CST.

So I fell asleep waiting on reply from wife, truck not running keys probably not in ignition, gwt woke up to cop bangin on window with flashlight end, surrounded by 4 cops total.

Roll down my window ask what's the problem, ( no offense here but i live in southern KY and it was 3 white cops and 1 black cop taking the lead here, I am from Detroit) I get told that business owner called in saying I smelled of marijuana and passed out in their parking lot.

Now I don't smoke at all, don't like how it makes me feel, wife smokes tho, she is her own boss. But still this was early morning and my clothes are in a different room.

I get field sobriety tested, and placed under arrest, I complain the whole time is anyone going to breathalize me? urine screen take blood? nope never did, they didn't tow my vehicle, the jail wouldn't test me, but they did delouse me, then released me to walk 19 miles walk back to my vehicle. Down a 55mph 2 lane hwy with no sidewalk most of the way.

I completely felt like the black cop was putting up a front for his white cohorts.

BTW, charges dropped. Unfortunately I was advised to not sue city.
 

Lezunto

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That one cop who kicked Tyre in the head is a punk. One kick was so powerful he nearly lost his balance.

Why on Earth did he have to do that? Tyre was on the ground, completely defenseless. The jerk with the baton circle a prone Tyre to ensure he could get an unimpeded swing.

As someone mentioned earlier, this has all the hallmarks of a gang assault. We've all see gang chit like this on the news.
 
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sportage

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Fox News making shit up that Antifa is encouraging riots across the country

There is no evidence of this

Yeah, Fox has a real dilemma here. They don't know who to blame, the guy or the cops because both just happens to be black so they just chalk it up to blaming BLMatter. Their old reliable blame game. And.... blaming defunding of the police (which has nothing to do with this) yet Fox can say THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU DEFUND, BAD COPS.

Fox was soooooo hoping on violence in the streets so they could cover violence in the streets, and the looting, and the firebombing of cop cars, and Hannity calling this Biden's America.
But you know what Fox...? We're on to YOU!
 

hardhat

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That was absolutely disgusting. Earlier someone said that 5 cops were fired. Well, there were 5 initially at the second location. But then another showed up and kicked the suspect in the chest while he was down, completely detained. He should be fired too.

Maybe the cops from the first location could have a reason for their extremely violent approach at the start. Maybe they had a report that the suspect was armed or had just committed a violent offense. But at the second location there was no excuse. They were just beating him. Holding his arm while yelling at him to 'give me your hands' and punching him in the face. Kicking him in the head. What is wrong with those people that they would do that.
 
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HomerJS

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Yeah, Fox has a real dilemma here. They don't know who to blame, the guy or the cops because both just happens to be black so they just chalk it up to blaming BLMatter. Their old reliable blame game. And.... blaming defunding of the police (which has nothing to do with this) yet Fox can say THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU DEFUND, BAD COPS.

Fox was soooooo hoping on violence in the streets so they could cover violence in the streets, and the looting, and the firebombing of cop cars, and Hannity calling this Biden's America.
But you know what Fox...? We're on to YOU!

Lies circle the globe 1000x faster then the truth Fox knows this They make money off it keeping their people ignorant
 

rommelrommel

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Yeah, Fox has a real dilemma here. They don't know who to blame, the guy or the cops because both just happens to be black so they just chalk it up to blaming BLMatter. Their old reliable blame game. And.... blaming defunding of the police (which has nothing to do with this) yet Fox can say THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU DEFUND, BAD COPS.

Fox was soooooo hoping on violence in the streets so they could cover violence in the streets, and the looting, and the firebombing of cop cars, and Hannity calling this Biden's America.
But you know what Fox...? We're on to YOU!

I’m sure they’ll settle on black culture at some point here.
 
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woolfe9998

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Just saw all the videos. Damn that was barbaric. Those cops just rage killed that guy, presumably because they were pissed he ran away and made them chase and get winded?

Those guys are going down hard.
 
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eelw

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That one cop who kicked Tyre in the head is a punk. One kick was so powerful he nearly lost his balance.

I wasn’t paying attention to what they were saying in the aftermath but the news anchor said that cop was complaining his leg was sore from the kicking.

People only protest violently when they have no hope of justice.

But how much of the violence really was by the protesters and not agent provocateurs? As much as MAGAtards always say Jan 6 was antifa, there are clear cases of white supremacists beginning the violence in the George Floyd riots. And only compounded by the thief’s taking the opportunity to loot in the chaos.
 

Pens1566

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20+ minutes for EMTs to show up (by my count). And the dude that baton'd him was pissed that he got accidentally pepper sprayed because they did that incorrectly too.

Man, fuck these guys in every way possible. Sideways. With a cinder block. Twice.
 
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I wonder whether the punishment for the police force in question is that they have to take turns kicking the guilty officers to death. Or maybe that punishment should be reserved for when any kind of cover-up of the original offence has taken place (the 'guilty officers' include those who took part in the cover-up).

Maybe then the gravity of the offence when a LEO does the very opposite of their duty would dawn on these people.
 
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Pens1566

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I wonder whether the punishment for the police force in question is that they have to take turns kicking the guilty officers to death. Or maybe that punishment should be reserved for when any kind of cover-up of the original offence has taken place (the 'guilty officers' include those who took part in the cover-up).

Maybe then the gravity of the offence when a LEO does the very opposite of their duty would dawn on these people.

The victim's family should be allowed to hold him up while they take turns hitting them with a baton.
 
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ch33zw1z

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I wasn’t paying attention to what they were saying in the aftermath but the news anchor said that cop was complaining his leg was sore from the kicking.



But how much of the violence really was by the protesters and not agent provocateurs? As much as MAGAtards always say Jan 6 was antifa, there are clear cases of white supremacists beginning the violence in the George Floyd riots. And only compounded by the thief’s taking the opportunity to loot in the chaos.

another inconvenient fact that conservatives will overlook.
 

HomerJS

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People only protest violently when they have no hope of justice.

That’s why I’m have hope for a relatively violence free protest. The local Memphis prosecutor and chief of police have shown is it possible for swift justice.

In most cases I know it should not take months and years for forward movement. This needs to be the new standard

My hopes are in contrast with Republicans and right wing media. They are hoping for violence so they have pablum to feed their babies. That’s how they get ratings and make money.
 

skyking

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I think it will play out that way across the country, thanks to the swift action. It is a stark contrast to previous cases.
 
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woolfe9998

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Legal analyst on CNN thinks the 2DM charge may be "overly aggressive." He seems concerned one or more could be acquitted under the statute, without a lesser included offense. Here is the statute for those interested:

  1. Second degree murder is:
    1. A knowing killing of another;
    2. A killing of another that results from the unlawful distribution of any Schedule I or Schedule II drug, when the drug is the proximate cause of the death of the user; or
    3. A killing of another by unlawful distribution or unlawful delivery or unlawful dispensation of fentanyl or carfentanil, when those substances alone, or in combination with any substance scheduled as a controlled substance by the Tennessee Drug Control Act of 1989, compiled in chapter 17, part 4 of this title and in title 53, chapter 11, parts 3 and 4, including controlled substance analogs, is the proximate cause of the death of the user.
  2. In a prosecution for a violation of this section, if the defendant knowingly engages in multiple incidents of domestic abuse, assault or the infliction of bodily injury against a single victim, the trier of fact may infer that the defendant was aware that the cumulative effect of the conduct was reasonably certain to result in the death of the victim, regardless of whether any single incident would have resulted in the death.
So the prosecution must prove these defendants knew it was "reasonably certain" that the cumulative effect of all those blows would cause death. My opinion is that a jury will see this video and will vote to convict on the top count, regardless of the fact that it's technically hard to prove that they were reasonably certain of death.

The 2DM statute in TN is different than in most other states where one version of 2DM is simply an intent to inflict serious injury, which then actually causes death, is sufficient.