Whoopi Goldberg has requested fans to stop labelling her a “racist” after a heartbreaking talk about Tyre Nichols’s murder at the hands of police violence.
Five Memphis police officers severely assaulted Nichols on January 7; he later died from his injuries on January 10.
On Friday, only days after Nichols’ murder charges were filed, authorities revealed bodycam footage of the arrest, showing the five policemen repeatedly beating, pepper spraying, and stunning Nichols.
As Nichols writhes in anguish on the ground and cries out for his mother, the cops stand about and converse.
Whoopi questioned her co-hosts on The View, “I pose this question far too many times at this table, but you know, when will the violence ultimately lead to some police reform from the ground up?” in reference to the incident.
Because obviously, whether it’s a white police officer or a black police officer, it’s an issue with the police and the policing itself, the 67-year-old went on to say.


‘You know, it seems things don’t seem to make sense to people unless it’s somebody they can feel or they can recognise, but how many times do we need to see white people also get beaten up before anyone will do anything?’
She added: ‘I’m not suggesting that, so don’t write us and tell me, you know, what a racist I am.
‘I’m just asking, is that what people have to see in order to wake up and realise this affects us all?’
Whoopi’s co-panelist Sunny Hostin also mentioned her inability to watch the disturbing footage.
‘As the mother of a Black son who’s six foot two and 20 years old, my worst nightmare is probably what is on that video,’ she emotionally shared.
‘There are studies that show Black people continuously watch these videos suffer from PTSD because of what’s called “linked fate,” because we see our loved ones in the video.
‘But I think there are people who need to see the video, those people who can decide they’re not gonna watch it because they know that’s not gonna happen to their kid.
‘Those are the people need to watch it to get real police reform, which would include personal liability for police officers.’
Protests broke out in Memphis and other major US cities after the tape was aired on Friday, although Nichols’ family encouraged demonstrators to keep their rallies calm.
‘I don’t want us burning up our city, tearing up the streets, because that’s not what my son stood for,’ his mother RowVaughn Wells told protesters on Thursday.
‘If you guys are here for me and Tyre, then you will protest peacefully.’