MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT — The Weekly Opine

The top row photos are mirages, appearing to show five cops. In reality, they are feral animals. (Photos credit Forbes and AP)

How to dispose of them?

Electric chair? Gas chamber? Firing squad? Gallows? In the state of Tennessee, there is a pause in all executions due to issues with the use of lethal injection in capital punishment cases. However, in the case of the animals guilty of the inhumane murder of Tyre Nichols (guilt made clear in the just-released video), other options should be considered.

In the aftermath of the intentional and brutal murder of Nichols, at the hands, batons and boots of animalistic, feral Memphis pigs masquerading as cops, we hear the usual calls for more training for cops. But these well-meaning bellows miss the point.

The core issue is what kind of parental and “it takes a village” training did these animals receive? It is evident their parents or grandparents or aunties and uncles did not provide enough proper guidance. Or maybe the animals wore headphones incessantly or were prolific daydreamers, thus blocking out positive, instructive messages that could have averted their abhorrent behavior.

The solution to preventing what we witnessed on the video needed to take place years ago with the kind of purposeful, disciplined parental and/or familial guidance that is ingrained in most of us at a young age. And those parental/familial lessons of right from wrong are supported by Sunday sermons and proper weekday lessons in school.

This feral animal deserves to be charged with murder along with the others. (Photo credit localmemphis)

Reinforcement occurs along the way. From neighbors offering a helping hand to steer developing minds in the right direction. From coaches who demand and model sportsmanship. From professors who open our minds to life’s possibilities, within the framework of good citizenship. From couples who never physically abuse their significant other when they are upset with each other. From mentors who show up for work and accept accountability.

Of course, that is not to blame their parents, clergy, teachers, etc. Employed as cops the animals should know right from wrong. They are responsible for, and should be held accountable for, murder. (We’ve also learned two more animal officers have been relieved of duty - but not yet criminally charged. One of them tasered Nichols and said he hoped the others would “stomp [Nichol’s] ass.”)

Police training cannot undo decades of living unaware of right from wrong. The depraved, wild animals pretending to be human Memphis police officers evidently decided long ago to choose wrong over right. No amount of training would’ve stopped them from their sickening behavior resulting in the death of Tyre Nichols. For example, de-escalation training would not have mattered. There was nothing to de-escalate. Nichols was passively cooperating. The goon animals chose to escalate into viciousness.

A 29-year-old FedEx employee and avid photographer, Nichols was murdered for having the temerity to snap a few sunset photos and then attempt to drive to his mom’s house.

Hopelessly incorrigible

In my opinion, the animals posing as Memphis cops are irretrievable. A lifetime of prison sentences will not rehabilitate them. Taxpayer dollars should not be wasted providing prison clothes, sheets, meals and books. No attorney should stoop to representing them unless they agree to plead guilty, without the benefit of a plea bargain. And even if the animals could be rehabilitated, which one of us would be happy to have them move in next door?

Initially, Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis’ department created suspicion by issuing a statement - the day after the incident - saying the animals attempted to take the suspect into custody when “a confrontation occurred.” Further minimizing what actually took place, police said Nichols complained of shortness of breath and the animals promptly called for an ambulance. The video renders the police department statements as lies that, coupled with a troubling lack of transparency, should cost Chief Davis her job.

The most deplorable conditions at America’s most deplorable prisons are too good for the animals who mercilessly murdered innocent Tyre Nichols. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine)

Under mounting pressure, but also to her credit, Chief Davis, a Black woman, did what her mostly male, mostly White counterparts across America rarely do. On Friday, January 27, within just a few weeks of the January 7 incident, Davis released decisive video of the brutal murder.

You may recall that after a Chicago feral animal, pretend cop Jason Van Dyke, pumped 16 shots into a retreating 17-year-old named Laquan McDonald, former-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and ex-Police Superintendent Gerry McCarthy hid the video for over a year until after Emmanuel was successfully reelected.

Similarly, in Georgia, racist thugs murdered Ahmaud Arbery on February 23, 2020, with one of the hoodlums recording the incident then handing the video over to local cops. Rather than detain and arrest the racists, local cops sat on the video and allowed the perpetrators to go on their merry way. It wasn’t until local media obtained the video and released it, on May 5, 2020, that Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William Bryan were charged and convicted of murder. If not for the media-induced video release, the three white supremacists likely would have escaped justice.

In Tennessee, Chief Davis’ relatively swift release of the video paved the way for Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy to do what seldom happens, even when cops are eventually charged (usually months or years later). D.A. Mulroy immediately indicted five of the animals on murder and kidnapping charges.

(Hopefully, D.A. Mulroy’s swift indictments will motivate Attorney General Merrick Garland to stop playing footsie with Trump, and his insurrectionist pals, and bring felony criminal charges before the Doomsday Clock 90 seconds to midnight expire.)

As it relates to accountability for what happened in Memphis, one does wonder; how best to dispose of the worthless animals who forfeited their right to life?