Watch live as Rev. Al Sharpton delivers eulogy at the funeral of Tyre Nichols.
Nichols, 29, died on Jan. 10 after a police beating that has led to criminal charges, terminationsFuneral for Tyre Nichols in MemphisRev. Al Sharpton, Ben Crump speak at the funeral for Nichols, who died three days after he was beaten by police on Jan. 7.
RowVaughn Wells and her husband, Rodney Wells, arrive for the funeral service for her son Tyre Nichols at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday. Nichols grew up in Sacramento, Calif., 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.Tyre Nichols’s death and the cycle of police violence
Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network, will deliver the eulogy and Crump, a national civil rights attorney who represents the Nichols family, will deliver a call to action. Sharpton gathered Nichols's family and local activists Tuesday evening at Mason Temple Church of God in Christ in Memphis. The historic landmark is where Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final speech the night before he was assassinated nearly 55 years ago."This is not about politics; it's about justice," Sharpton said. "People are coming from all over the world, and we are coming because we're all Tyre, now.
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