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    Erika D. Smith: In comparing Tyre Nichols to Rodney King, we're missing this point about policing

    LOS ANGELES — Lora Dene King had no intention of watching even five minutes of Memphis police beating Tyre Nichols. "Honestly, I have to babysit my mental state," she told me. "It's a lot for me to process." Like many of us, she had heard the warnings that the roughly hour's worth of video released on Friday would be far more violent, far more brutal and far more savage than the grainy footage ...
    by Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times Jan 31, 2023 5 minutes
    From the left, Ernest Williams, Najee Ali, Laura King, daughter of Rodney King, Robert Sausedo and Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Gerald Woodyard.

    LOS ANGELES — Lora Dene King had no intention of watching even five minutes of Memphis police beating Tyre Nichols.

    "Honestly, I have to babysit my mental state," she told me. "It's a lot for me to process."

    Like many of us, she had heard the warnings that the roughly hour's worth of video released on Friday would be far more violent, far more brutal and far more savage than the grainy footage of Los Angeles police officers beating her father, Rodney King, back in 1991.

    Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis surmised it was "about the same if not worse."

    And Ed Obayashi, a Northern California sheriff's deputy and use-of-force expert, concluded it was "far worse," telling The Times: "In all my years of use-of-force cases, I have never [seen] one where they are holding

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