Tyre Nichols.

Tyre would be alive today if he had of done one simple thing—obey the cops’ instructions.  All the usual pundits on TV are totally over looking that one important fact.  If Tyre had simply obeyed the cops’ instructions there would have been no problem and Tyre would be alive today.  Resisting the cops’ instructions escalates the situation.  The cops have a specific set of rules to follow. Tyre and those like him have no rules.  The cops never know when the other guy will pull a gun or knife.  They (the other guys) escalate the situation in the hope that in the melee they can wrestle a gun from one of the cops and shoot them.  At some point the cops have to decide, “Do we let the guy go, or do we do what’s necessary to make an arrest?”  I once was severely beat up by a guy I let get up. He came up with a club.  I learned a hard lesson—when you have a guy down don’t let him up.  All these TV talking heads have never been in a knock down drag out brawl.  They have no idea what they’re talking about.