'Tyre Nichols should have been safe': VP Kamala Harris calls on Congress to pass policing bill at Tyre Nichols's funeral
Nichols, 29, died on Jan. 10 after being critically injured by five Memphis officers in a traffic stop. They violently beat, pepper sprayed, and tasered him. The officers have since been fired and charged with second-degree murder and other charges.Harris said the"violent act" was not in pursuit of public safety or keeping the public safe.
Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump also spoke at the funeral. He thanked Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee , who told the family of Tyre Nichols that she will reintroduce the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act with a"Tyre Nichols Duty to Intervene" component after President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address on Feb. 7.Rev. Al Sharpton gave the eulogy at Nichols's funeral.
"If [Tyre Nichols] had been white, you wouldn't have beaten him like that on that night," Sharpton added.
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