Tyre Nichols’ funeral is being held on Wednesday, three weeks after the 29-year-old skateboarder, father, and amateur photographer died following a brutal beating by police after a traffic stop.
But Wednesday will be about Nichols, 29-year-old skateboarder and amateur photographer who worked making boxes at FedEx, made friends during morning visits to Starbucks, and always greeted his mother and step-father when he returned home with a sunny, "Hello, parents!"Tyre Nichols death: 'Those officers failed us,' Shelby County official says | LiveNOW from FOX
Nichols was the baby of their family, born 12 years after his closest siblings. He had a 4-year-old son and worked hard to better himself as a father, his family said.Nichols grew up in Sacramento, California, and loved the San Francisco 49ers. He came to Memphis just before the coronavirus pandemic and got stuck. But he was fine with it because he was with his mother, RowVaughn Wells, and they were incredibly close, she said. He even had her name tattooed on his arm.
Friends at a memorial service last week described him as joyful and kind, quick with a smile, often silly. Nichols’ funeral will be held at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, beginning at 10:30 a.m. CST. The Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network, will deliver the eulogy. Ben Crump, a national civil rights attorney who represents the Nichols family, will deliver a call to action.Memphis police say two more officers involved in the arrest, beating and death of Tyre Nichols have been disciplined in addition to the dismissal of three emergency medical technicians.
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