In the discussions about race around Tyre Nichols’ murder and the men who committed it, the level of self-hatred the officers exhibited is profound and needs to be examined. Race even figures in how the officers are being treated. Where are the police unions that always ALWAYS come to the aid of white officers, even when they are caught on video planting evidence and shooting unarmed people in the back. These Black officers forgot who they were. But the system that used them did not.