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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Tennessee U.S. Rep Steve Cohen: "Early in the video of the first interaction, one of the officers can be heard saying lets give him..."

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Steve Cohen tweeted the following:

"Early in the video of the first interaction, one of the officers can be heard saying lets give him a stomping, or lets stomp on him. That showed the mentality, and the other officers seem to embrace it and then go to it. (3/8)"
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Here are other recent tweets from Steve Cohen:

"After Tyre Nichols fled, there was no effort to de-escalate and calm the situation. Instead, the pack mentality of these officers was about inflicting vengeance with no regard for Tyre as a human being. (4/8)"
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"With Tyre on the ground, one officer punched him two or three times in the head, another kicked him repeatedly in the head for no reason, and another struck him again and again with a baton. (5/8)"
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"There was no respect for Tyre Nichols and no answer to his simple question asking what hed done. They were not there to serve and protect, or even to apprehend; they were there to punish and dominate. (2/8)"
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