In this image from video provided by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, Chinedu Okobi lies on the ground in Millbrae, Calif., on Oct. 3, 2018, during a police encounter where officers used a stun gun, chemical spray, baton strikes and prone restraint in a sequence of rapid escalation. San Mateo County deputies told the district attorney they were reacting to what they perceived as Okobi's "superhuman strength." (San Mateo County Sheriff's Office via AP)
This illustration shows excerpts from official documents using the term "superhuman strength," often applied by officers, coroners and prosecutors to describe the force used by subjects during a police encounter. Law professor Seth Stoughton, who served as an expert witness in the George Floyd murder trial, says the term "plays into the racist trope" of a "scary Black assailant." (Jim Jacoby/Cronkite News via AP)
FILE - This image shows a scene from D.W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" movie, set during the American Civil War, released in 1915, depicting Ku Klux Klan members riding horses against soldiers, filmed in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. The film has been denounced for its racist depiction of African Americans and heroic portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan. (AP Photo)