Why was Mr. Tyre Nichols stopped?
They say that the City of Memphis released, on January 30, 2024, hours of additional video footage of the night in the year of 2023 when Mr. Tyre Nichols was beaten by five now-former Memphis Police Department officers.
It is pointed that such footage shed very little light on why Mr. Nichols was stopped. Then, we have no choice but to think that why Mr. Tyre Nichols was stopped. Again, literally, why was Mr. Nichols stopped?
If and when such video footage or other evidence does not reveal why Mr. Nichols was stopped, we have to begin to try to listen to such rumors which general public has been talking about.
In general, some rumors turn out to be true or have grounds for them. Some rumors turn out to be false and don’t have grounds for them. Some rumors are just rumors where general public cannot make final verdict or assessment because of the lack of enough evidence or information.
Each case is different. Case by case approach is necessary especially when enough information or evidence is not available. Therefore, more data should be revealed in the case of Mr. Tyre Nichols.
There were many rumors circulating in the case of Mr. Tyre Nichols. However, we don’t have enough information to verify all of such rumors. We are not in the legal position to verify them, either.
But one of the rumors should be verified. That is so-called “Love Triangle” relationship or such scenario. It sounded a very sipid subject because it sounded plausible or at least intriguing to the ears of the general public. “Love Triangle” was a topic for the gossips. That’s why people continued to talk about that especially from those who knew Mr. Nichols directly.
Again, generally speaking, rumors are just rumors. And at the same time, rumors are rumors as of at the moment because there is no enough information or evidence to verify such rumors. But a lot of rumors don’t have their opportunities to prove or to be proved whether they are true or false. They just dissappear or continue to circulate over the time. But some rumors survive and end up having their opportunities to prove that such rumors were true from the beginning or Day One.
We don’t know yet which rumors have their solid grounds or not. We don’t know yet which rumors are just baseless canard. The general public just doesn’t know yet (although some may already have known or may know). Both because of the lack of enough information and because of the lack of verification process.
However, one thing is absolutely sure and necessary. The Memphians deserve to know why Mr. Tyre Nichols was stopped.
The Editorial of the Memphis Times
www.memphistimes.org
[Published] January 31, 2024, Wednesday, at 7:03PM.
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