Video shows Tyre Nichols calling for his mother, beaten by officers now charged in his death | CNN

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Published Jan 27, 2023
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Policy Leaning Analysis

This article includes the following sentiments, providing an average bias score of -6% Liberal:

  • 2 negative sentiments for Criminal justice
  • 1 negative sentiment for Black Lives Matter Protest


Politician Portrayal Analysis:

This article includes the following Politician Portrayal sentiments, providing an average sentiment of 30% Negative and bias score of 10% Conservative:

1 positive sentiment for Barack Obama
1 negative sentiment for Joe Biden


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Black Lives Matter Protest
Criminal justice

Politicians:

Barack Obama
Joe Biden

Sentiments

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0% Van Jones, a former special adviser to President Barack Obama, put it this way to CNN after seeing the videos: u201c(Nichols) goes ..."
-2% "“You’re going to see a disregard for life, duty of care that we’re all sworn to and a level of physical interaction that is ..."
-30% u201c Live updates: Memphis to release Tyre Nichols arrest videos President Joe Biden is u201coutraged and deeply painedu201d after seeing ..."
-34% "Police nationwide have been under scrutiny for how they treat Black people, particularly since the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd in May 2020 ..."
-38% "The footage drew stunned reaction from law enforcement experts CNN interviewed Friday: “It’s clearly excessive force,” former New York City police Lt. Darrin Porcher ..."

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : “You’re going to see a disregard for life, duty of care that we’re all sworn to and a level of physical interaction that is above and beyond what is required in law enforcement,” Chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis told Don Lemon ahead of the videos’ release.
33% : Police nationwide have been under scrutiny for how they treat Black people, particularly since the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd in May 2020 and the mass protest movement known as Black Lives Matter.
31% : The footage drew stunned reaction from law enforcement experts CNN interviewed Friday: “It’s clearly excessive force,” former New York City police Lt. Darrin Porcher said.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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