The narrative of police violence in the United States, as told by the media, is punctuated with hashtags and viral videos – a cycle of profiling and abuse followed by law enforcement immunity. The killing of Ty’rese West propels this narrative forward by exposing what is beneath an unquestioned police report when an incident is not captured for the world to see. Cycle actively investigates this systemic whitewashing and gives a voice to the countless names that have not yet been heard.

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