Tyre Nichols’ death is a reminder that the fight against racism is not over
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Natalie Zuze2023-02-03T15:28:00
Reflecting on the death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Black police officers, Natalie Zuze exhorts Christians everywhere to keep challenging the internalised anti-Blackness that allows such tragedies to occur
“I’m just trying to go home!”
Those are the words the 29-year-old Black man Tyre Nichols screamed at police officers as they pinned him to the ground in what was meant to be a routine traffic stop.
Instead, it ended with him being beaten and brutally murdered by the same police officers. What’s even more upsetting is that the police officers were Black.
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