Mourners, from Vice President Kamala Harris to the activist the Rev. Al Sharpton, on Wednesday celebrated the life of Tyre Nichols.
Tyre Nichols’ family and friends gathered Wednesday for a funeral that blended a celebration of his life with outrage over the brutal beating he endured at the hands of Memphis polMourners, from Vice President Kamala Harris to the activist the Rev. Al Sharpton, on Wednesday celebrated the life of, whose death at the hands of police in Memphis led to second-degree murder charges against five officers.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, in a painfully familiar role, delivered an impassioned eulogy that paid tribute to Nichols' life and served as a clarion call for justice. For the day, mourners at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church shifted the focus from the heart-wrenching footage of the beating that Nichols in a hospital bed with his face badly swollen and bruised before his death, sparking protests across the country.
"The family needs all the support that they can get," Gwen Carr, whose son, Eric Garner, died after being placed in a chokehold by an NYPD officer in 2014, told CNN Wednesday before attending the service. "It's so fresh for them but for me, it just digs into old wounds." Tiffany Rachal, the mother of Jalen Randle, a 29-year-old Black man killed by a Houston police officer last year, offered her condolences to the family before singing, "Lord I will lift my eyes to the hills."
"My brother was the most peaceful person you ever met," Dupree said. "If my brother was here today and he had to say something, he would tell us to do this peacefully." Nichols' funeral service will take place less than a week after Friday evening's public release of footage of the attack on Nichols shook a nation long accustomed to videos of police brutality, especially against people of color. The five officers charged with Nichols' death are Black.
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