05_The life of Tyre Nichols: Healing through the power of story

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In today’s episode we’ll be using story to help us heal in the only way that I know how. We’re going to talk about who Tyre Nichols was, what he cared about and how he loved others.

This episode isn’t an original source. All of the information has come from various articles that have been posted since the horrific killing. I’ve included links in the show notes to all sources referenced in the episode.

I’ve also included a list of local resources, groups and people who are doing the hard work to fight racial injustice, systemic oppression and police brutality. If you know of others please let me know and I’ll update the resources list.

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About Tyre’s Life

• https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/us/who-was-tyre-nichols.html
• https://apnews.com/article/tyre-nichols-profile-memphis-3104f3cdbaf568daf6647eca080d4001
• https://thiscaliforniakid2.wixsite.com/tnicholsphotography
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9OltEKrWUg
• https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/us/tyre-nichols-memphis-profile/index.html
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tyre-nichols-loved-family-photographing-sunsets-skateboarding-rcna67521

Facts and Statistics About Police Brutality

• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/06/us-police-killings-record-number-2022
• https://sayevery.name/
• https://namiillinois.org/half-people-killed-police-disability-report/
• https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/01/27/tyre-nichols-killing-by-police-why-is-this-still-happening/
• https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/key-issues/criminalization-of-mental-illness/2976-people-with-untreated-mental-illness-16-times-more-likely-to-be-killed-by-law-enforcement-
• https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1821204116
• https://fatalencounters.org/
• https://www.kake.com/story/48248396/opinion-the-police-who-killed-tyre-nichols-were-black-but-they-might-still-have-been-driven-by-racism

Local Resources

• https://www.wichita.edu/services/odi/resources/antiracism/responding-to-racial-injustice.php
• https://wichitaksnaacp.org/
• https://www.wichita.edu/profiles/academics/honors_college/Honors_Staff/Harrison-Kevin.php
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/847205999743358
• https://www.facebook.com/Sunflowercommunityaction
• https://heroesacademyks.org/
• https://www.riseupforyouth.org/
• https://wichitahabitat.org/
• https://racialprofilingwichitaks.com/
• https://www.aclukansas.org/en/about/about-us
• https://www.kansasappleseed.org/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricki-ellison-46a6126b/

Audio credit: Summer of 1984 – RKVC (accessed through the Youtube Audio Library)