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The irony is unmistakable. Public surveillance cameras, long controversial in the criminal justice community, provided pivotal video footage of the beating of motorist Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers at a traffic stop on January 7.
Journalists across the country faced a tough call: to do run the brutally graphic video of Memphis police beating Tyre Nichols, or not? What is the news value, and how does it help the public understand? Also, how the World Health Organization wants to reframe coverage of automobile crashes and why the Associated Press apologized to France. From the Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Damon Kiesow: Views of the News.
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Two emergency medical technicians who first evaluated Mr. Nichols have been suspended until an investigation is complete.
MEMPHIS -- The Memphis police chief Saturday disbanded the city's so-called Scorpion unit, citing a "cloud of dishonor" from newly released video that showed some of its officers beating Tyre Nichols to death after stopping the Black motorist.