The video of Tyre Nichols’ death didn’t need a countdown

Michael Arceneaux
Momentum
Published in
4 min readJan 28

There was an uncomfortable build up to the release of Footage of Nichols’ brutal murder at the hands of five Memphis police officers.

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I don’t believe you can prepare the masses for a lynching, but the Memphis Police Department, the media, and the politicians that enable police brutality all certainly tried.

Michael Arceneaux
Momentum

New York Times bestselling author of “I Can’t Date Jesus” and “I Don’t Want To Die Poor.”