U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the funeral of Tyre Nichols, the Black 29-year-old father whose fatal beating by police last month transformed him into the new face of the U.S. racial justice movement
of the confrontation released by the city on Friday showed officers dousing Nichols with pepper spray and pummeling him with punches, kicks and baton blows as he cried out for his mother. One officer was seen firing a Taser stun gun at Nichols when he attempted to flee.
The chief of police, Cerelyn Davis, has called the conduct seen in the video "inhumane" and said investigators have not substantiated that Nichols was driving recklessly when he was pulled over, as arresting officers asserted at the time. Nichols grew up in Sacramento, California, and moved to Memphis early in the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. He had a 4-year-old son and took a daily supper break from his FedEx job to join his stepfather and co-worker for meals at his home.
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