besides the violence, is the inability the ability to dehumanize and objectify other people. dehumanization and object fi case makes it easier to take action against someone because now you don t actually see them as another human being, as a person, as someone you can relate to like a brother or father or uncle or son. it is part of the culture that we really need to focus on i think. we need to talk about it. officers get drawn into the policing culture, and they probably don t even think about that aspect of it. but it is really, really important. i think that is one of the reasons why it leads to so many deaths, not to mention black people, we always seem to be the ones that are dehumanized and objectified. sonia pruitt, thank you for
maryland police department. she s also a member of law enforcement action partnership. thank you for being with us, sonia. you re welcome. what did you see when you saw those videos? oh, gosh, so many things that ran through my mind. a here-we-go-again situation. another similarly unarmed black man being terrorized. tyre nichols was clearly in fear for his life. i saw a band of police officers who seemingly could not control their anger. they were not acting in a mature and professional way that is expected. they are terrorizing a man. and then i saw a violent assault that ultimately led to the death
department. what is ems doing? when they got there, i cannot believe that they could not see that tyre nichols was in need of help, that he was on the verge of a true already in a medical crisis. so that they would not act expediently boggles my mind. you see i m having difficulty finding my words today, because the more i talk about it, the more it s so heinous, the actions that were taken. they probably come into contact with them a lot. what was that dynamic? i think we ll probably see that come out in court, those details. sonia, the officers clearly could see that tyre was just slumped over. there was no urgency even to check on him. so part of policing culture,
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