What We Can Do to Honor the Loss of Tyre Nichols
On January 7th, Tyre Nichols was pulled over by five Memphis police officers for “reckless driving” according to NBC News. What followed was 13 minutes of him being brutally beaten and tased by these police officers. He died in the hospital three days later. When I first heard Tyre’s name circling around social media, I […]
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I Was Assaulted and Two Policemen Helped Me
One spring day in 9th grade, I was walking home after school, mostly looking down at the sidewalk, longing to throw myself into bed after a long day. I had only gotten about a block away from school when seemingly out of nowhere, I was confronted by two girls, their faces full of anger. I […]
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Not Allowed to Be a Kid
My first frightening interaction with cops happened when I was 6 years old. I was headed with my cousin to the park around the corner from his house to play basketball. As soon as we started walking, two cops began slowly following us in their car. I had already learned that I had to act […]
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Reporting a Crime and Being Wary of the Police
The only good Samaritan acts I’d ever done was hold the door for someone or give compliments to a person feeling down. That changed last October 29. I was walking to a gym class in Inwood. It was cloudy and windy with a chance of rain, so I wore a sweatshirt, shorts, and of course […]
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