Photo: YouTubeEveryone knows the unfolding Tyre Nichols case replicates the loop: Status quo; police brutality and murder; media coverage; protests; legal action; and return to status quo. But this case has features that warrant further inspection because it carries significant economic implications for Black America—especially for Black males. This means employers are now less likely to hire Black males who resemble in any way the police personalities involved in the Tyre Nichols case. Media’s coverage of the event.—As with the George Floyd case, media coverage of the Tyre Nichols case is repetitive; forcing the details deeper and deeper into our conscious and subconscious minds. Global, national, and local reactions to the case.—The economic implications of reactions to the incident flow from the just-analyzed two economic implications.

Source: The Guardian February 05, 2023 00:12 UTC