Bennie Smith, a black Memphian, explains why the officers who beat Tyre Nichols being Black hurt the most. “You know what we go through,” Smith said.
Author: Yasmeen Qureshi, Lamar A Salter and Andrea Kramar, USA TODAY
Memphis Native explains the burden of growing up Black in America
Bennie Smith, who grew up in a poor neighborhood in Memphis, explains how the assumption of guilt burdens Black men in America.