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Vice President Kamala Harris, Reverend Al Sharpton, and Spike Lee were in attendance at Tyre Nichols’ funeral yesterday, along with many members of the religious and activist community. The Vice President said the "violent act" that led to his death was not in the pursuit of public safety and Sharpton said the death of Tyre is personal to him because it happened in the city where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed.
Nichols’ two sisters and brothers spoke at the funeral, as did his mother and stepfather. Multiple pastors offered words of comfort to Tyre’s family, George Floyd’s family, and all the other families touched by police brutality. Tyre’s sister Keyana talked about how easy it was to look after her baby brother and how he was polite to the very end, asking officers to “please stop.” His other sister LaToya read a poem she wrote called, “I’m just trying to go home.”
Sharpton, Harris, and the members of Nichols’ family called on leaders to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act that would force officers to think twice before using force. The legislation was first introduced in the House of Representatives in February 2021. Harris said President Biden will sign the bill into law if Congress passes it.
Source: New York Times