[1]Cori Bush

John,

Once again, another unarmed Black man was brutalized and murdered by
police. Tyre Nichols should be alive today.

If you are able to at this time, please read Cori’s official statement
below.

Take care of yourself and remember that your Congresswoman loves you.

—Team Cori

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Content Warning: This email contains language about police violence.

“Tyre Nichols should be alive today. He should be playing with his
four-year-old son. He should be skateboarding and photographing sunsets.
But instead, Tyre was brutally beaten to death by Memphis Police officers.
And now, instead of seeing the photographs he took, the world watches Tyre
crying out for his mother in his final moments of consciousness.

Charging the officers who brutalized Tyre is not enough. Our country will
continue to sanction the taking of Black lives with impunity until it
embraces an affirmative vision of public safety and dismantles its racist
policing system rooted in enslavement and government control. And let’s be
clear: merely diversifying police forces will never address the violent,
racist architecture that underpins our entire criminal legal system. The
mere presence of Black officers does not stop policing from being a tool
of white supremacy.

It is abundantly clear that rogue, militarized policing has never and will
never keep us safe. Following a year of record-breaking police killings,
prevention is the best path forward. Achieving genuine public safety
requires investing in our communities. We need unarmed emergency first
responder agencies, 911 diversion programs, civilian traffic enforcement,
community-based and -led interventions, safe passage to school and
violence interruption programs, behavioral health and crisis support
treatment, nutrition support, housing security, and programs for youth and
families, survivors of violence, and individuals exiting incarceration or
criminal supervision.

St. Louis and I mourn with Tyre’s family and echo their call to disband
the SCORPION unit of the Memphis Police Department. I will not stop
advocating for a country where our government helps feed, house, educate
and support our children, families, and community members, instead of
slaughtering them at the altar of white supremacy. Rest in Power Tyre; it
is in your name and the name of the thousands of other Black lives killed
by police that we will keep pushing to not only end police brutality but
dismantle the uniquely American racist and violent policing system.

To my colleagues in Congress: how many more people have to die at the
hands of police for you to join our push for an unequivocal, affirmative
public safety agenda that saves lives?”

—Congresswoman Cori Bush

 


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