Tyre Nichols

The canvas is awash in orange and yellow brushstrokes, as if the painter meant to depict the world ablaze. An asymmetrical sun hovers in the background while ...

Perhaps Nichols was on his way to the skate park. Perhaps he was on his way to pick up his 4-year-old son. They stripped away Nichols’s ability to watch more sunsets, to sit in observance of these reminders of how precious and miraculous life is. Going to Shelby Farms to watch the sunset and take pictures.” He was drawn to them. The piece, painted in 1888, wasn’t originally meant to be shared with the world.

US vice president urges Congress to pass legislation as Nichols's death renews push to end violence.

Police must face swift accountability for killing Black men — we’re humbled to support the Nichols family during their time of tragedy and demand equal justice for Tyre Nichols! “You’ve got to look at the political realities here,” he explained. It mandated the creation of a national police misconduct database and restricted the use of no-knock warrants and chokeholds. “I am working to make sure that we have a clear plan,” said Democratic Congressman Steven Horsford, who chairs the caucus. Two paramedics and their on-scene supervisor were dismissed on Monday from the city’s fire department, while two Shelby County sheriff’s deputies have also been suspended. “Tyre Nichols should have been safe.”

“We love you, Tyre,” the drummers chanted, referring to Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man whose beating by five police officers led to his death and this ...

It’s not just the loss of the loved one, but that they were taken by violence that Black people have worked for decades to eradicate, only to face it again, he said. “Mothers around the world, when their babies are born, pray to God, when they hold that child, that that body and that life will be safe for the rest of his life,” Harris said. That example and others speak to the complexity of Black grief, said civil rights leader the Rev. “I’m tired of the tears,” Barber said. “As we celebrate Tyre’s life and comfort this family, we serve notice to this nation that the rerun of this episode that makes Black lives hashtags has been canceled and will not be renewed for another season,” said the Rev. His mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, demanded that Emmett’s decomposing remains be taken to Chicago and placed in an open casket at a funeral attended by tens of thousands. Franklyn Richardson, chairman of The Conference of National Black Churches, a public policy and social justice organization that represents predominantly Black Christian denominations. Elected officials typically attend these funerals to send a signal to the community that their cries for justice aren’t being ignored. “Part of the way you get healed is to do something about what has happened to your loved one unfairly,” he said. But in addition to offering an outlet for the private mourning of Nichols’ family and friends, this ritual was also public and political. He was the father to a 4-year-old son. Others have countered that the attackers’ identity is more evidence that systems of policing continually produce racist outcomes, no matter who wears the badge.

Vice-President Kamala Harris, speaking at the funeral, said it is now non-negotiable that Congress must pass the George Floyd policing act. The bill aims to ...

And they probably felt they would get away with it." "The system of policing is inherently white supremacist, racist and anti-black," she says. He'd brought a small red skateboard with Mr Nichols' name written across it to place beside the flowers and teddy bears already arranged around a white cross. They said they didn't need to watch the tapes to know how the police behave in their city. But the death of Tyre Nichols has revived efforts to reach a bipartisan compromise. The bill aims to increase police accountability.

More than 20 hours of video related to Nichols' beating by Memphis police has yet to be released.

The death of Tyre Nichols has brought renewed focus on the issue of race and policing in the US. · Terrance Hopkins has served in the Dallas Police Department ...

"Because the race of the officer is irrelevant, it is the practice of the institution." "We should be thinking: Don't be a part of the problem, be a part of the solution," Mr Hopkins said. "When policing as an institution has a training problem, then it means that all police officers have a problem," Mr Davis said. "When I stopped getting garbage in my car, it meant I had built a better relationship with the community," he said. "It doesn't matter what colour the cop is - what matters is the culture of the organisation," he said. Both men said they empathised with the stigma of joining the police as a black officer and had experienced it themselves. "Our applications are so low on the African American side," he said. "The only colour that matters here," she said, "is blue. He said what happened in Memphis was "shameful, inhumane and a poor representation" of black police officers. "I've been meeting for two days with black police officers around the country that I have relationships with," he said. "There is not going to be an ounce of racism in that contact." "I know that if I come across a black individual or suspect that he's going to be treated right," he said.

Mostly peaceful protests over police brutality were carried out around the country after the public release of body camera footage brought the police killing of ...

The bill twice cleared the House of Representatives under Democratic control, in 2020 and 2021, mainly along party lines. The basic idea here is that fear of violent crime is itself cause for police intervention, it added. "Rather, they were an 'internal enemy,' a hostile and alien element within the lawful community." Attorneys representing the family of Nichols have said that an independent autopsy they commissioned found Nichols suffering "extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating." Blacks were regarded as existential threats to the lawful population. Over again, federal officials and politicians vowed to "do everything in our power" to end such tragedy.

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said on Thursday that additional, unreleased footage related to Memphis police officers beating Tyre Nichols could “connect ...

[protest](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3835350-thousands-protest-tyre-nichols-death-in-cities-across-the-us/) in support of racial justice last week and pushing officials to [urge](https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/3835188-officials-urge-congress-to-revisit-police-reform-in-wake-of-tyre-nichols-fatal-beating/) Congress to pass a police reform bill. [were suspended](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3837364-seventh-memphis-officer-suspended-in-tyre-nichols-death-investigation/) in Nichols death investigation, and five of the officers were fired and are now facing [second-degree murder charges. [released the graphic video](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3833471-memphis-authorities-release-graphic-video-of-police-beating-tyre-nichols-during-arrest/) of a group of law enforcement officers beating Nichols during a traffic stop earlier this month. [See all Hill.TV](https://thehill.com/hilltv) [See all Video](https://thehill.com/video) [House](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/) [Administration](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/) [Campaign](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/) [House](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/) [See All](https://thehill.com) He said the city of Memphis and the police department will dictate if and when that footage will be released, according to [Ben Crump](https://thehill.com/tag/ben-crump/) [Ben Crump](https://thehill.com/people/ben-crump/) [Memphis](https://thehill.com/city/memphis/) [Memphis Police Department](https://thehill.com/tag/memphis-police-department/) [Memphis Police Department](https://thehill.com/organization/memphis-police-department/) [Shelby County](https://thehill.com/tag/shelby-county/) [Steven Mulroy](https://thehill.com/tag/steven-mulroy/) [Tennessee](https://thehill.com/province-state/tennessee/) [Tyre Nichols](https://thehill.com/tag/tyre-nichols/) [Tyre Nichols video](https://thehill.com/tag/tyre-nichols-video/) [State Watch](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/) [State Watch](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/) [Energy & Environment](https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/) [News](https://thehill.com/homenews/) [See All](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/)