Tyre Nichols Funeral

Harris said the beating of Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, by five Black police officers was a violent act that went against the stated mission of police to ...

[charged with murder.](https://apnews.com/article/tyre-nichols-police-officers-charged-48d48f2137a2f34482274edb1bd1bab2) Their [specialized unit was disbanded](https://apnews.com/article/politics-memphis-crime-law-enforcement-1b7e8fa4ed7120a897086250d5d6da35). “Because if we don’t, that blood — the next child that dies, that blood is going to be on their hands.” Attorneys for two of the charged officers, Emmitt Martin III and Desmond Mills Jr., said they will plead not guilty. He noted that King was in Memphis to support a strike by city sanitation workers, most of whom were Black. what happened to Tyre is so personal to me, is that five Black men that wouldn’t have had a job in the police department, would not ever be thought of to be in an elite squad, in the city that Dr. King lost his life, not far away from that balcony, you beat a brother to death,” Sharpton said. Sharpton said he took his daughter Ashley early Wednesday to the site of the former Lorraine Motel, where the Rev. Was he not also entitled to the right to be safe? You don’t stand up to thugs in the street becoming thugs yourself. Sharpton said the officers who beat Nichols might have acted differently if there were real accountability for their actions. Video released after pressure from Nichols’ family shows officers holding him down and repeatedly punching, kicking and striking him with a baton as he screamed for his mother. “The only thing that’s keeping me going is that I truly believe that my son was sent here on assignment from God.

Tyre Nichols' death has sparked mostly peaceful protests around the country and renewed discussions around federal legislation to reform policing.

[fired three employees](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/30/memphis-fire-employees-fired-tyre-nichols/11151451002/) for failing to provide Nichols with adequate medical aid after arriving at the scene. The five officers were [charged with second-degree murder](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/29/tyre-nichols-updates-vigils-protests/11145358002/), among other related charges, and have been released on bail ranging from $250,000 to $350,000. Nichols' legacy “will be one of equal justice,” Crump said. “I see the world showing him love and fighting for his justice, but all I want is my baby brother back.” 7, my brother was robbed of his life, his passions and his talents, but not his light,” Dixon said. That bill failed to pass in the Senate in 2021. Sharpton said Nichols' death is personal to him in part because the officers [charged](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/29/tyre-nichols-updates-vigils-protests/11145358002/) in his death are Black. After the beating, Nichols was hospitalized in critical condition and died three days later. The footage shows the officers pepper-spraying, kicking and punching Nichols while he was restrained, bashing him with a baton and shooting him with a stun gun. Al Sharpton for a funeral Wednesday that was expected to draw thousands in the wake of the brutal police beating of a Rodney Wells, Nichols' stepfather, said the family will fight for justice not only for his stepson but for others who have died in police custody. – Family and friends of Tyre Nichols were joined by Vice President Kamala Harris and the Rev.

Tyre Nichols, whose death at the hands of police in Memphis led to second-degree murder charges against five officers, is being remembered at a funeral ...

delivered his famous “Mountaintop” speech the night before he was killed. Up to 20 hours of video recordings haven’t been released, Shelby County District Attorney Steven Mulroy told CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer” on Wednesday. Those people include the officers who filed the paperwork, he said. on the first day of Black History Month with African tribal drummers and a gospel choir. With Nichols’ black casket, draped in a white bouquet of flowers, as a centerpiece, the young man was praised by the Rev. Within 20 days of his death, the former officers were indicted on charges that included murder and kidnapping. The reverend invoked King’s 1968 “Mountaintop” speech in Memphis, where King said he had reached the peak and seen the Promised Land. “He never wanted anything but to watch cartoons and a big bowl of cereal. You didn’t get on the police department by yourself,” Sharpton said. He called out the five Black former officers charged in Nichols’ death. Al Sharpton, on Wednesday celebrated the life of Sharpton said he visited the Lorraine Motel, where the Rev.

Kamala Harris among mourners at funeral of Black man who died after being beaten by police officers.

“That’s why we wanted to start this right on this sacred ground. The service began with a procession led by Sharpton and Nichols’ family. The seventh officer has not been identified. “They’re standing on that ground because we will continue in Tyre’s name to head up to Martin’s mountaintop,” he said. There must be greater value of Black lives in this country,” The five officers involved have been charged with murder and other crimes. “This violent act was not in pursuit of public safety … This is holy ground. He has not been criminally charged. The family had gathered on Tuesday evening with Sharpton at the Mason Temple Church of God in Christ in Memphis – where King spoke the night before he was assassinated in 1968 – to speak about Nichols and the case. The department [confirmed on Monday](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/30/congress-police-reform-biden-black-caucus-tyre-nichols-death) that two other officers had been relieved of duty, including Preston Hemphill, who is white. [gathered outside the church with signs](https://twitter.com/elizondogabriel/status/1620802470262996992?s=20&t=Mibfhd1tq4g9_okVxB64bg]) reading “Justice for Tyre Nichols”, additional calls for action after the release less than a week ago of police camera footage of the beating.

Harris said the beating of Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, by five Black police officers was a violent act that went against the stated mission of police to ...

[charged with murder.](https://apnews.com/article/tyre-nichols-police-officers-charged-48d48f2137a2f34482274edb1bd1bab2) Their [specialized unit was disbanded](https://apnews.com/article/politics-memphis-crime-law-enforcement-1b7e8fa4ed7120a897086250d5d6da35). “Because if we don’t, that blood — the next child that dies, that blood is going to be on their hands.” Attorneys for two of the charged officers, Emmitt Martin III and Desmond Mills Jr., said they will plead not guilty. He noted that King was in Memphis to support a strike by city sanitation workers, most of whom were Black. what happened to Tyre is so personal to me, is that five Black men that wouldn’t have had a job in the police department, would not ever be thought of to be in an elite squad, in the city that Dr. King lost his life, not far away from that balcony, you beat a brother to death,” Sharpton said. Sharpton said he took his daughter Ashley early Wednesday to the site of the former Lorraine Motel, where the Rev. Was he not also entitled to the right to be safe? You don’t stand up to thugs in the street becoming thugs yourself. Sharpton said the officers who beat Nichols might have acted differently if there were real accountability for their actions. Video released after pressure from Nichols’ family shows officers holding him down and repeatedly punching, kicking and striking him with a baton as he screamed for his mother. “The only thing that’s keeping me going is that I truly believe that my son was sent here on assignment from God.

The vice president called for the passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, a reform bill she co-authored as a senator.

[called for reform](https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2023/01/30/washington-confronts-the-tyre-nichols-tragedy-00080122) in the wake of the attack, Republicans, including Rep. Five police officers were fired and charged with murder after Nichols’ death, and the officers’ specialized unit was disbanded. [ scheduled to attend](https://apnews.com/article/biden-tyre-nichols-steven-horsford-memphis-covid-87d37d81e265505097408302341fa302) President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address next week. Lawrence Turner, pastor at the Memphis church, also called for lawmakers to act as he opened the speaking portion of the program. In it, Nichols called out for his mother and asked to go home. The content of the addition named after Nichols was not outlined at the service. She was not listed as a speaker on the program, but was invited up by civil rights leader the Rev. … When we talk about public safety, let us understand what it means in its truest form,” Harris said of the police action that killed Nichols. The Rev. Al Sharpton during the service. The Congressional Black Caucus [will meet Thursday](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/01/black-caucus-biden-police-reform-00080674) with Biden and Harris. With the families of other victims of police violence in attendance, Harris and several other speakers called for passage of the police reform bill, which stalled after passing in the House in 2021.

As thousands of mourners gathered Wednesday for Tyre Nichols' funeral in Memphis, Sary Mansour remembered his friend and co-worker.

And the next thing I know, he screamed my name and jumped out,” he says. His brother told a story of how Tyre got his name—a name that was originally supposed to be his brother’s. “Even after he went through these issues with his parents, he still found a way to stay OK,” he says. “Tyre was a beautiful person and for this to happen to him is just unimaginable,” said RowVaughn Wells, Nichols’ mother, through tears. Thousands of mourners gathered Wednesday for Nichols’ funeral in Memphis, where his life was celebrated and remembered by his family. Nichols was laid back, funny, sensitive and a people person, Mansour tells TIME.

He will be remembered by friends and family at a funeral in a Memphis church.

[delayed by several hours](https://twitter.com/BenCrumpLaw/status/1620788038753452032)because of a [major ice storm](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/31/treacherous-ice-storm-delays-texas-to-kentucky)hitting the southern U.S. delivered his famous "Mountaintop" speech on the eve of his assassination in 1968. "Justice for Tyre." - Nichols grew up in Sacramento, California, and was a fan of the San Francisco 49ers, per AP. [He worked at FedEx](https://apnews.com/article/tyre-nichols-profile-memphis-3104f3cdbaf568daf6647eca080d4001)and loved skateboarding and [photography](https://thiscaliforniakid2.wixsite.com/tnicholsphotography/portraits). "But we don't allow ourselves to stay there. Al Sharpton — who delivered the eulogy, as he [has for other Black people](https://www.axios.com/2020/06/09/al-sharpton-george-floyd-funeral-service) who have died because of police violence — other White House officials and political figures and the director Spike Lee attended the funeral. "All he wanted to do was get home," Sharpton said. - "The only thing that's keeping me going is the fact that I really, truly believe my son was sent here on an assignment from God," Nichols' mother, RowVaughn Wells, said. It was not in the interest of keeping the public safe." The latest: "Mrs. "This violent act was not in pursuit of public safety.

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke briefly at the Wednesday funeral for Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old who died three days after being beaten by Memphis ...

President Biden said in a statement that the video had left him “outraged and deeply pained.” “You have been extraordinary in terms of your strength, your courage and your grace,” she said to his mother and stepfather. “We mourn with you, and the people of our country mourn with you.”

“We love you, Tyre,” the drummers chanted, referring to Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man whose beating by five police officers led to his death and this ...

It’s not just the loss of the loved one, but that they were taken by violence that Black people have worked for decades to eradicate, only to face it again, he said. “Mothers around the world, when their babies are born, pray to God, when they hold that child, that that body and that life will be safe for the rest of his life,” Harris said. That example and others speak to the complexity of Black grief, said civil rights leader the Rev. “I’m tired of the tears,” Barber said. “As we celebrate Tyre’s life and comfort this family, we serve notice to this nation that the rerun of this episode that makes Black lives hashtags has been canceled and will not be renewed for another season,” said the Rev. His mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, demanded that Emmett’s decomposing remains be taken to Chicago and placed in an open casket at a funeral attended by tens of thousands. Franklyn Richardson, chairman of The Conference of National Black Churches, a public policy and social justice organization that represents predominantly Black Christian denominations. Elected officials typically attend these funerals to send a signal to the community that their cries for justice aren’t being ignored. “Part of the way you get healed is to do something about what has happened to your loved one unfairly,” he said. But in addition to offering an outlet for the private mourning of Nichols’ family and friends, this ritual was also public and political. He was the father to a 4-year-old son. Others have countered that the attackers’ identity is more evidence that systems of policing continually produce racist outcomes, no matter who wears the badge.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Across Tennessee, many are still grieving the loss of 29 year old Tyre Nichols. His funeral was on Wednesday and activists' groups ...

So, she made a promise that was already out there, but it was good to hear her. That was amazing and touching," said Sheryl Huff, the vice president for the She performed a tribute at the beginning of the funeral for all the moms. “They made that promise when George Floyd died, and it wasn’t signed. RowVaughn Wells son, Tyre Nichols, is one of the latest victims. His funeral was on Wednesday and activists’ groups around Middle Tennessee attended.

US vice president urges Congress to pass legislation as Nichols's death renews push to end violence.

Police must face swift accountability for killing Black men — we’re humbled to support the Nichols family during their time of tragedy and demand equal justice for Tyre Nichols! “You’ve got to look at the political realities here,” he explained. It mandated the creation of a national police misconduct database and restricted the use of no-knock warrants and chokeholds. “I am working to make sure that we have a clear plan,” said Democratic Congressman Steven Horsford, who chairs the caucus. Two paramedics and their on-scene supervisor were dismissed on Monday from the city’s fire department, while two Shelby County sheriff’s deputies have also been suspended. “Tyre Nichols should have been safe.”

Biden and Vice President Harris met with caucus members a day after Nichols' funeral in Memphis, Tenn., where police officers brutally beat him in a traffic ...

The vote led to It’s the second time in three years that lawmakers have sought to advance legislation for new rules about police practices. However, ahead of the White House meeting Thursday, Sen. Horsford and his Black caucus colleagues spoke to reporters outside the White House and indicated they had a productive meeting with Biden and Harris. He expressed his condolences and commended the family’s courage and strength, the White House said. In March 2021, the Democratic-led House voted 220-212 to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. We all want to be safe," Horsford said in a statement Sunday. "No one in our nation should fear interacting with the police officers who serve our diverse communities, large and small. "But you have already led on the action that we've been able to take through executive order. "We covered a number of important issues on our path forward. And we got to stay at it, as long as it takes." "The death of Tyre Nichols is yet another example of why we do need action," Horsford told Biden.