A demonstrator holds an ‘End Police Violence’ sign during a protest after the 2020 police killing of George Floyd. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/via Getty Images by Rashad Shabazz, Arizona State University Seeking accountability in the brutal police beating death of her son, the mother of Tyre Nichols has filed a US$55 million federal lawsuit against the … Continued

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