The footage of Tyre Nichols’ deadly police arrest is hard to watch, but for those who have survived brutal police encounters, it can be unbearable
Editor’s Note: New episodes of the podcast “The Assignment with Audie Cornish” drop every Thursday. Click here to listen to her latest episode on Life After the Traffic Stop. . “I’m very intentional about not watching those types of videos. They are extremely triggering for me,” said Leon Ford, who survived a police shooting and now works as an activist for the social change organization The Hear Foundation. “I’d encourage people not to watch them because it’s going to weigh on you.
” “I could barely get through it once,” Cornish said, stunned by his response during the podcast. Alexander said he felt like a homicide investigator watching the video, trying to understand what happened in detail. He’s now a lawyer focused on civil rights and a former law enforcement officer.
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