brutality

I have been talking to Martin Scorsese for two minutes and apparently the interview is already over. We’re discussing his most recent movie, Killers of the Flower Moon, which has been nominated for 10 Oscars, including a record 10th best director nomination for Scorsese. But he has been promoting the film since last April, he says. “For the most part, the reaction to the film is beyond encouraging. It’s very, very appreciated. However, I think I want to get back to making something as soon as possible. Like now. Right…

Time series of media coverage of police brutality. Daily number of news articles mentioning "police brutality" in the 20 most-circulated newspapers in the US. A peak of 113 articles was recorded on June 13, 2020, 19 days after the death of George Floyd; activity in the wake of George Floyd's murder is highlighted in red. Credit: Communications Psychology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44271-024-00059-8 National media coverage of police…

There is a part of me that hates the village I grew up in. How each house and path and landmark holds some catch-breath memory as I walk the two-mile-long coastal road that connects Seaton to Downderry. Memories that are embedded in every step, the places where I grew up and the places where my father, his parents and their families were born, lived and died, our initials still scratched in concrete in each and every footing, but built over now with extensions, double driveways, patios.The road is the same but the…

“In the Somme valley, the back of language broke. It could no longer carry its former meanings,” observed the art critic Robert Hughes in his landmark 1980 book The Shock of the New. That cataclysmic phenomenon is captured with haunting dexterity by the screenwriter Alice Winn in her debut novel. In Memoriam is at once epic and intimate, humorous and profound, a vivid rendering of the madness and legacy of the first world war as seen through the lens of a schoolboy love affair.The story starts in school – specifically…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Tage Rai is a psychologist and assistant professor of management at UC San Diego's Rady School of Management who studies ethics and violence. He co-authored the book "Virtuous Violence," outlining research that finds that most acts of violence are driven by moral motives on the part of perpetrators. That is, perpetrators believe they are doing the right thing when they hurt and kill their…

Credit: Tony Webster/Creative Commons When officials released the video of Tyre Nichols' death at the hands of five Memphis police officers in late January, a warning was attached advising of its graphic content. The footage of Nichols crying out for help while being beaten by officers is yet another horrific video of police…

Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was severely beaten by five Memphis police officers during a traffic stop in January. Shocking footage of the assault highlights what researchers describe as deeply ingrained racial biases that fuel police brutality. Black drivers are more likely to be stopped by police than white drivers. Once stopped, they are more likely to be searched. And they are much more likely to be killed during a police encounter. Nichols died after he was beaten, and the officers have been charged with…

Location of recent archaeological interventions in Lyminge churchyard. Credit: Archaeologia (2023). DOI: 10.26530/20.500.12657/60888 Anglo-Saxon monasteries were more resilient to Viking attacks than previously thought, archaeologists have concluded. Lyminge, a monastery in Kent, was on the front line of long-running Viking…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There is wide consensus about the need to equip police officers with body cameras. Beyond simply documenting officers' interactions with citizens, the technology can improve trust between the police and the communities they serve, a 2018 Northeastern study showed. Still, as the world reacts to the…

On Jan. 7, Memphis police officers stopped 29-year-old Tyre Nichols for a minor traffic violation and then beat him so viciously that they broke his neck and sent him into cardiac arrest.Nichols died three days later. Memphis, Tenn., Police Chief Cerelyn Davis has called the beating “heinous, reckless, and inhumane” and fired the five officers involved. On Thursday, the district attorney announced that the officers had been arrested and charged with second-degree murder. Late Friday, the city released video footage of the…