Tyre Nichols Death a Result of Defund The Police

[GURPS]

Memphis PD dramatically lowered standards before hiring officers charged in Tyre Nichols death​

At least two of the five Memphis, Tennessee police officers charged with murder for the death of Tyre Nichols were hired by the department after they dramatically loosened the requirements due to low application rates.

According to an NBC News report, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith all had been Memphis Police Department officers for just a few years when the fatal beating of the 29-year-old father occurred on January 7. Bean and Haley in particular have only been on the force since August of 2020 — after the department lowered the education standards.

As Action 5 News reported, MPD recruits no longer needed an associate's degree or 54 college credit hours, and could just get by with only five years of work experience.

In 2021 and 2022, recruitment was struggling so badly that the department offered $15,000 signing bonuses. Last year, the department also reportedly lowered the fitness requirements, doing away with the timed physical ability test.

The department even offered waivers for felons to join the force, according to the New York Post.

Haley in particular has a troubled past that seems to have been overlooked by MPD in the hiring process. As NBC reports, he was accused of taking part in the beating of an inmate named Cordarlrius Sledge about eight years ago when he worked as a corrections officer for the Shelby County Corrections Department.

In a 2016 lawsuit filed in the US District Court for Western Tennessee, Haley was accused of punching Sledge in the face while another officer slammed him face-first into a sink.

 

[Monello]

Same thing happened when Baltimore corrections went into the hood to hire for the prisons. All the guards were running contraband. 1 of the inmates was knocking up all the guards. But at least they had a diversified work force.

 

[Hijinx]

Unsatisfied by charging 5 police officers with murder, they have 2 more officers they have suspended.
Even the Fire Department got into the act, they fired 2 EMT's and a Lieutenant.
They fired the Lieutenant for driving them there and sitting in the car or ambulance, or whatever she drove them there in.
Everybody wants to get into the act.

I don't know how Memphis carries on their act, but most places charges have to be filed, hearings have to be held where the people charged get to have their say before they are fired.

Tyre Nichols Death, Two EMTs And Fire Lieutenant Who Came To Scene Fired

Two EMTs and a fire lieutenant who responded to the Tyre Nichols arrest scene were fired.

www.tmz.com

Looks like they had to keep firing people in this case until they got a white guy.
They examined him and called an ambulance, WTF else were they supposed to do/

 

[Kyle]

New Netflix Series On Tyre Nichols Beating To Feature White Officers

LOS GATOS, CA — Netflix announced they have acquired the rights to tell the tragic story of Tyre Nichols' death at the hands of 5 black police officers. Leadership at the streaming giant confirmed the police officers will be portrayed by white actors.

"While we know the 5 officers who killed Nichols were factually black, it is also clear that they were morally white," said Netflix VP of Inclusion Vernā Myers. "Since TV is a visual medium, we want to convey to the viewer that these officers had the invisible specter of white supremacy flowing through their veins."

According to sources, the five officers guilty of the brutal beating will be played by unknown actors Wyatt Smith, Scott Peasley, Benedict Higgins, Steve O'Murphy, and Karen McMinnahan. The rest of the 283-person cast will be filled by people of color to fulfill diversity requirements.

New Netflix Series On Tyre Nichols Beating To Feature White Officers

LOS GATOS, CA — Netflix announced they have acquired the rights to tell the tragic story of Tyre Nichols' death at the hands of 5 black police officers. Leadership at the streaming giant confirmed the police officers will be portrayed by white actors.

babylonbee.com

 

[HemiHauler]

That's a riot! The standards for police have *always* been low - usually they scoop up the C students who can't get into post-secondary education to become a gym teacher or have enough charisma go into real estate sales.

 

[vraiblonde]

That's a riot! The standards for police have *always* been low - usually they scoop up the C students who can't get into post-secondary education to become a gym teacher or have enough charisma go into real estate sales.

See, people like you are why we can't have nice things.

 

[HemiHauler]

See, people like you are why we can't have nice things.

I've never killed anyone under color of law, pookie. Insert quarter, play again.

 

[vraiblonde]

I've never killed anyone under color of law, pookie. Insert quarter, play again.

Well, you probably don't interact with predators and criminals on a daily basis, either.

 

[HemiHauler]

Well, you probably don't interact with predators and criminals on a daily basis, either.

Sure do! I have money stolen from me constantly by our government.

 

[Kyle]

Sure do! I have money stolen from me constantly by our government.

They cut your welfare payment off, din't they?

 

[SamSpade]

See, people like you are why we can't have nice things.

Nothing quite like perpetuating an imagined stereotype without anything but made up facts.
Sounds like one of my kids, but at least HE has a REASON for making chit up.

 

[my-thyme]

New Netflix Series On Tyre Nichols Beating To Feature White Officers

LOS GATOS, CA — Netflix announced they have acquired the rights to tell the tragic story of Tyre Nichols' death at the hands of 5 black police officers. Leadership at the streaming giant confirmed the police officers will be portrayed by white actors.

"While we know the 5 officers who killed Nichols were factually black, it is also clear that they were morally white," said Netflix VP of Inclusion Vernā Myers. "Since TV is a visual medium, we want to convey to the viewer that these officers had the invisible specter of white supremacy flowing through their veins."

According to sources, the five officers guilty of the brutal beating will be played by unknown actors Wyatt Smith, Scott Peasley, Benedict Higgins, Steve O'Murphy, and Karen McMinnahan. The rest of the 283-person cast will be filled by people of color to fulfill diversity requirements.

New Netflix Series On Tyre Nichols Beating To Feature White Officers

LOS GATOS, CA — Netflix announced they have acquired the rights to tell the tragic story of Tyre Nichols' death at the hands of 5 black police officers. Leadership at the streaming giant confirmed the police officers will be portrayed by white actors.

babylonbee.com

The Bee got me again!

 

[phreddyp]

That's a riot! The standards for police have *always* been low - usually they scoop up the C students who can't get into post-secondary education to become a gym teacher or have enough charisma go into real estate sales.

That is not even close to being true, everyone that I know that is in law enforcement including my family members are either Ex military or college grads at last count they are 4 family and 5 friends.

 

[SamSpade]

More unsettling than blaming it all on police hires, is the latest meme to strike the Interwebs.

It's white supremacy.

Now I'm still flabbergasted at a "threat" that rarely entered conversation or news prior to 2020 - that somehow, neo Nazis and white supremacists, heretofore regarded as a tiny and only mildly dangerous fringe element had suddenly become the very bedrock of the most prosperous and free nation in the history of mankind. Where it used to appear on TV in a rare episode of a cop show, it's on every one of them almost every week.

It's the red scare of the 2020's. And the Left is McCarthy. JOE McCarthy.

The premise of the accusation is that, in a nation that is "systemically racist", the entire psychology of these guys is corrupted by a sense of inferiority towards blacks - white or black, a "systemically racist" society will cause everyone to think all black men are criminals.

What I hate most about this is - it gives a free pass to any black crime, perpetrated by ANYONE - because I guess they can't HELP it.

So am I to understand - this problem will persist indefinitely WITHOUT a cataclysmic sort of change? When does that happen?

 

[Kyle]

More unsettling than blaming it all on police hires, is the latest meme to strike the Interwebs.

It's white supremacy.

Now I'm still flabbergasted at a "threat" that rarely entered conversation or news prior to 2020 - that somehow, neo Nazis and white supremacists, heretofore regarded as a tiny and only mildly dangerous fringe element had suddenly become the very bedrock of the most prosperous and free nation in the history of mankind. Where it used to appear on TV in a rare episode of a cop show, it's on every one of them almost every week.

They have the propaganda machine working overtime.

 

[Grumpy]

It's the red scare of the 2020's. And the Left is McCarthy. JOE McCarthy.

 

[GURPS]

 

[Monello]

That is not even close to being true, everyone that I know that is in law enforcement including my family members are either Ex military or college grads at last count they are 4 family and 5 friends.

When my son graduated from college, he applied to the Baltimore police department. I wasn't thrilled with that decision, but it wasn't mine to make.

He did all the tests and interviews. He scored very high on the test. At each level, he said there were less & less people from the original group. At the very end he got a thanks for applying letter from whatever group does the hiring but wasn't offered a position. So he didn't get the job. I was thankful deep down inside.

But why wouldn't they hire an athletic, college grad, national guardsman that speaks 3 languages? 1 of the languages is Spanish. I figured he'd be a shoo in. I was led to believe that the low and high test scorers don't get selected. They figure the high scorers won't hang around long enough to make a career of it. I'm not sure if that is true or not. But it sounds legit.

 

[GURPS]

But why wouldn't they hire an athletic, college grad, national guardsman that speaks 3 languages? 1 of the languages is Spanish. I figured he'd be a shoo in. I was lead to believe that the low and high test scorers don't get selected. They figure the high scorers won't hang around long enough to make a career of it. I'm not sure if that is true or not. But it sounds legit.

Police Depts will not hire people who are really ' smart ' ... they will be bore at the dull police work

 

[SamSpade]

Police Depts will not hire people who are really ' smart ' ... they will be bore at the dull police work

(shrug) I'm kinda smart and have an incredibly boring job.
It pays great, hours are flexible and the benefits and retirement are incredible.

Now, thirty years ago, I might have reasoned differently.