VP Harris addresses mourners at Tyre Nichols' funeral

[Scott]

 

Tyre Nichols' family gathered in Memphis, Tennessee, for his funeral, weeks after the 29-year-old died following a violent encounter with Memphis police caught on body camera.

 

Graphic footage of the Jan. 7 traffic stop, which showed officers beating Nichols, was released to the public on Friday and sparked nationwide outrage. Nichols, a young father who loved skateboarding, died on Jan. 10, after spending three days in a hospital.

 

Five officers involved in the incident have since been fired and charged with several felonies, including second-degree murder.

 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/tyre-nichols-funeral/?id=96788715

[vandeventer]

Five officers kicking and beating this young man, one would think that some knew what they where doing was wrong?

[Credo]

30 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

Five officers kicking and beating this young man, one would think that some knew what they where doing was wrong?

And one might think that the 3 medical people who arrived might have wanted to help the guy out instead of standing around not rendering aid.   

[JonnyF]

Interesting how they mention that the victim was black, but not that the officers who beat him to death were black.

 

 

Also, I found this comment interesting.

 

 

I think Randal Worcester might disagree with that statement.

 

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-randal-worcester-case-two-cops-charged-20230125-cs7ionh5ofde5bzezltn74s754-story.html

 

Time to stop playing the race card, this is about police brutality, not race.

[Lantern]

There is a rumor on another board I frequent that states Tyre was in a relationship with the ex of one of the officers. Now there is no proof so it's just  rumor.

Would explain a lot if true.

[Bkk Brian]

6 minutes ago, Lantern said:

There is a rumor on another board I frequent that states Tyre was in a relationship with the ex of one of the officers. Now there is no proof so it's just  rumor.

Would explain a lot if true.

Rumor that started from a facebook post

 

 

"We rate this unsubstantiated claim False."

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/02/facebook-posts/claims-that-tyre-nichols-was-dating-a-police-offic

[Rimmer]

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