‘Someone good’ whose life was taken too soon by ‘a violent act’ by police: At the funeral of Tire Nichols, a young African-American whose fatal beating by black police officers shocked America, speakers including Vice- President Kamala Harris protested against police violence.
After hugging Tire Nichols’ mother for a long time at the Memphis church where the tribute was held, Kamala Harris had harsh words for the officers who beat him as he yelled that he had done nothing and called for help.
“Didn’t he have the right to be sure?” the vice president asked.
Tire Nichols was “a good person, a beautiful soul”
“Here is a family that lost their son and brother after an act of violence” perpetrated by “those in charge of protecting them,” and “this act of violence was not intended to guarantee public safety,” he hammered into the crowd.
Tire Nichols was “a good person, a beautiful soul, a son, a father, a brother, a friend, a human being gone too soon,” the Rev. J. Lawrence Turner said at the opening of the service on Mississippi Boulevard. Christian. Church.
“Today, as we celebrate Tire’s life and comfort his family, we inform this nation that the rerun of this episode, which has Black Lives as its hashtag, has been canceled and will not be renewed for a new season.” He launched. . “Eventually we will win,” he said again.
The five police officers involved charged with homicide
Tire Nichols, 29, was arrested on January 7 by agents of a special unit in Memphis, in the southern United States, for a simple traffic violation, according to police reports.
But beaten relentlessly, so badly that he had become unrecognizable according to his family, he died three days later in hospital.
The unbearable images of the arrest and beatings inflicted on the young man by the agents were broadcast, without cuts, by the largest channels in the country, making the authorities fear a social conflagration.
All five police officers involved were fired and charged with murder. The “Escorpion Unit” to which they belonged, and which had the mission of reducing the number of illegal activities in sensitive neighborhoods by deploying more police there, was dismantled. Three firefighters were dismissed in connection with the events and two other police officers suspended.
Source: BFM TV
