POLICE CRIMES IV: The funeral of Tyre Nichols who was assaulted by Memphis Police and died following a traffic stop is today
AGN.News Team
February 1, 2023
MEMPHIS (AGN.News) – Today, the world still mourns the tragic death of Tyre Nichols. He passed away three days after former members of Memphis Police Department murdered him on a street corner.
Funeral services for Tyre Nichols
Rev. Al Sharpton will deliver the eulogy for Tyre Nichols’ funeral today in Memphis. Rev. Al Sharpton, an American civil rights activist, was asked by the Nichols family to deliver the eulogy.
Family members of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, who were killed by police in 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky and Minneapolis, will also attend.
The funeral will take place at 1:00 p.m. Central Time at the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis.
Church service held on Tuesday
A church service was held on Tuesday as the family continues to mourn the loss of Tyre Nichols. At the church, Tyre Nichols’ stepfather and brother vowed to keep fighting for justice.
“Nobody’s perfect, but he was damn near,” his mother RowVaughn Wells has said.
Mrs Wells joined her husband, Mr Nichols’ stepfather Rodney Wells, and Mr Sharpton on Tuesday evening at the church where civil rights legend Martin Luther King Jr delivered his final speech, the Bishop Charles Mason Temple.
Community support for Tyre Nichols
Mourners are expected to celebrate Mr Nichols’ life, instead of his violent death.
Mr Nichols’ brother, Jamal Dupree, also spoke, telling mourners: “My little brother didn’t deserve none of this at all.”
“What happened to Tyre is a disgrace to this country,” said civil rights leader Al Sharpton.
“People from all around the world watched the videotape of man unarmed, unprovoked being beat to death by officers of the law,” he said.
“That could have been any one of us,” he added.
Who’s attending Tyre Nichols funeral?
U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris is due to attend the funeral today, a day after she phoned Mr Nichols’ grief-stricken mother.
People from all over the world will be present. Mourners from as far away as Australia, Asia, and Europe will be in attendance in support for the family.
Pastor Jason Lawrence Turner, secretary-treasurer for the Board of The National Action Network, is hosting the event.
Justice for Tyre Nichols
Justice for Tyre Nichols is what the family and the community wants. It’s a national disgrace how insensitive to the medical needs of this Black man the trained professionals acted. Those officers and EMTs were completely numb to the needs of Tyre Nichols.
Even as he laid there fighting for every breathe, not one of those officers thought of rendering aid to Mr Nichols.
The world is still in shock!
People of every social, economic, and political background are sharing the pain of the family of Mr Nichols. Like Rev. Sharpton said, “That could have been any one of us.”
“It is hard to believe such a thing could happen. The trust we all put in police as the ultimate guardians of our community has been completely shattered.” – Memphis resident
Basic humanity by Memphis police and EMTs or the lack thereof has stunned people the world over. There is no excuse for the neglect shown to Tyre Nichols.
Police officers unleashed a barrage of 71 commands in 13 minutes that were confusing, conflicting and sometimes even impossible to obey, a New York Times analysis of footage from Tyre Nichols’ fatal traffic stop found. When Nichols could not comply — and even when he managed to — the officers responded with escalating force.
At one point, footage captured an officer saying “I hope they stomp his ass” after Nichols’ attempt to flee the scene. Even though they had a moral obligation to protect Mr Nichols, ‘stomp his ass’ is exactly what those officers did and much more.
One commenter said, “It appears that Serve and Protect has been replaced with Comply or Die. I cannot imagine the pain Tyre went through, AND the pain and anguish his poor family is experiencing…sigh. This has got to stop. Other professions (like nurses) deal with non-compliant people and don’t end up KILLING them. THIS is HORRIFIC.”
MPD Officers attacked Tyre Nichols
The five Black officers, all of whom joined the Memphis Police Department in the last six years, were fired in the last few days after an investigation found them to be “directly responsible for the physical abuse of Mr Nichols”.
The five former Memphis officers are Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr, Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith. All of them have been charged with second-degree murder and other counts in Mr Nichols’ death. All five are Black, as was Mr Nichols.
This was not a case of Black on Black crime as some have suggested. The color of the officers is not the issue, it’s the victim that matters. There is no evidence Mr Nichols committed a crime. He was a victim of crimes.
MPD Officers and EMTs responsibility
There are other officers and firefighters (EMTs) who are implicated in Tyre Nichols’ death. Law enforcement is still investigating everyone involved and will provide more information later.
Officials said two paramedics and a driver who responded to the scene did not provide him with adequate care. While Mr Nichols laid on the ground, propped up against a patrol car, EMTs stood by simply watching him rather than getting busy trying to save Mr Nichols’ life.
The three EMTs and the driver of the ambulance were fired for their inaction and professional neglect of duty.
All of the officers and EMTs share a collective guilt for what happened to Mr Nichols. Their lack of action was simply inhumane.
This is a developing story, so check back for updates.
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