Christopher J. Schneider and Erick Laming
The brutal police killing of Tyre Nichols has led to renewed calls for police reform. In his State of the Union address Feb. 7, President Joe Biden dedicated about five minutes to discussing law enforcement. He pleaded with Congress to “do something” and urged lawmakers to “finish the job on police reform.”
Days after Biden’s address, police in North Carolina released footage showing officers deploying a stun gun on Darryl Tyree Williams, a 32-year-old Black man, though he had informed officers that he had heart problems. Williams died an hour after the confrontation with police in southeast Raleigh.