Police brutality: Will this issue ever end?

Yet another Black man, 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, was brutally assaulted by the local police in Memphis, Tennessee.

On the evening of Jan. 7, Nichols was stopped by the Memphis police department because of “reckless driving.” The police officers engaged in severe physical assault including pepper spray and beating that eventually led to his death on Jan. 10.

For some, this is unfortunately another reminder of the police system we have in the U.S.. Violence brought on by the police is thought of as a consistent theme in the country’s history.

In the year of 2020, many remembered George Floyd’s death as the one that educated them on police brutality against Black men and women. Treyvon Martin, Floyd, Daunte Wright, Adre Hill, Manuel Ellis and Breanna Taylor are a few of them. However, it slowly became something many have gotten used to and are desensitized from because they believe that nothing will be done by the authorities.

Belief in more body cameras, accountability and psychological tests in training seems like a good idea but with no systematic change happening, hope is seemingly lost.

Not only has the death of another Black man been excruciatingly sad, but for some people of color, it reinforced the fear that they had grown up in. Being taught how to act, talk and behave

VIEWPOINTS around law enforcement because of the way one looks is a painful experience that should not happen.

Confiding with said law enforcement will take a long time because even with the officers in question being reprimanded, nothing has actually changed. More and more people from the Black community are the victims of horrible violence from the people sworn to serve and protect