Tyre Nichols and The Cycle Of Trauma

*Trigger Warning Discussing Police Brutality*

Anuar Velazquez, Christin Farmer, and Martin Friedman come together in this new podcast to discuss the cycles of trauma that are self perpetuating between police and communities of color. Anuar has been a special guest on Soul Focused Radio in the past, and he is back to discuss police brutality from an ex-cop’s perspective. With the recent events in Memphis we hope everyone realizes we are not immune to racism. Anuar and Christin share their first thoughts after learning about the Tyre Nichols incident. Christin explains how she felt like she needed to protect herself. She chose to not watch the video, read any articles, or talk about it with her peers. America has had several police brutality incidents that have now left people angry, disappointed, afraid, and exhausted. Sometimes to protect our mental health we have to ignore the narrative surrounding current events. We have to allow space for people to grieve and process traumatic events in ways that are healthy for them. Anuar shares how he thinks a lot about how far we have come in creating human solidarity, but the murder of Tyre Nichols showed him how much self-solidarity work still needs to be done. The amount of violence used by the police officers shows their lack of humanity.

Christin and Anuar also explore the different narratives coming out about race in the police force. This case feels different for a lot of people because the officers were Black. Anuar shares with our listeners what it can be like for people of color to be patrolling communities of color. Police officers are often seen as the enemy in many poor communities and communities of color. Anuar also believes a lot of police officers disassociate themselves from their humanity to do their jobs. He explains how he had to treat civilians as case numbers so he wouldn’t get attached to victims, witnesses, or suspects. Witnessing and encountering traumatic events are going to require healing. Police officers cannot continue to hold on to their traumas and have it come out while they are doing their job. All of our hosts agree that we need more policies, trainings, and healing opportunities for police officers to focus on their self-solidity work. We have to admit that we have been raised in a society that sees skin color before humanity. We need to bring human solidarity work into institutions and organizations after we do our own self-solidarity work. 

Tyre Nichols was loved by his community and was known to be gentle, kind, and joyful. He loved skating and was originally from the Bay Area in California. He was known as s

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