Jones praised Trump in 2018 for his leadership on criminal justice. People came out onto the streets to show their support for Nichols' family and their rage towards the police in cities including Memphis, Atlanta, Boston, Washington DC, and New York City where Hawk Newsome, the co-founder of the BLM movement in Greater New York was also present. Van Jones Explores the Roots and Fallout of the Rodney King Verdict and Los Angeles Uprising for CNN Special Report THE FIRE STILL BURNS: 30 Years After the L.A. 'Van Jones is a Republican,' Tom Watson, an adjunct professor at Columbia University in the City of New York, declared. CNN commentator David Axelrod said Trump has essentially resigned as president since the election so he could work on his project of trying to convince everyone that he didn’t really lose the. People were seen marching with signs in their hands chanting Nichols' name and asking for a stop to police brutality. Van Jones is host of The Van Jones Show and a CNN political commentator, regularly appearing across the network's programming and special political coverage. Tyre Nichols' killing sparked protests around the USAĪfter the Memphis police department released bodycam footage that showed the charged officers ruthlessly beating Nichols, protests broke out all over the country. ![]() In fact, in Black neighborhoods, the phenomenon of brutal Black cops singling out young Black men for abuse is nothing new." Jones made the statement in an opinion piece published by CNN on January 27, Friday. "Cops of all colors, including Black police officers, internalize those messages and sometimes act on them. In those departments, few officers get disciplined for dishing out ‘street justice’ in certain precincts, often populated by Black, brown or low-income people, where there is a tacit understanding that the "rulebook" simply doesn’t apply," Jones wrote. "Black cops are often socialized in police departments that view certain neighborhoods as war zones. It’s time to move to a more nuanced discussion of the way police violence endangers Black lives." He then went on to say that Black people "are not immune to anti-Black messages," and said that "Self-hatred is a real thing." But the narrative ‘White cop kills unarmed Black man’ should never have been the sole lens through which we attempted to understand police abuse and misconduct. "From the (Rodney) King beating to the murder nearly three years ago of George Floyd, American society has often focused on the race of the officers, so often White, as a factor in their deplorable acts of violence. 'Deeply pained': Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and other politicians condemn Tyre Nichols' shocking murder Van Jones' statement ![]() Tyre Nichols murder: Protesters cause shutdowns across US after release of traffic stop footage Ever since Jones made this statement, he has invited a lot of backlash for making a police brutality case about racism and including a topic so sensitive. The five Memphis officers charged for allegedly killing Nichols, a 28-year-old Black man, by beating him to death were all Black.
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