Tyre Nichols was laid to rest Wednesday following a memorial service in Memphis, nearly one month after the 29-year-old died after being beaten by five police officers during a Jan. 7 traffic stop.
Sharpton went on to say that bodycam footage of the five officers beating Nichols “speaks for itself,” noting the cops didn’t ask Nichols for his license or registration before they “snatched him out of the car and began beating him.” Condemning the officer’s conduct, Sharpton said “they feel that there is no accountability,” before echoing Harris’ call for Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
At one point in his eulogy, Sharpton recalled Nichols’ plea in the footage of his deadly beating: “I’m just trying to go home.” “Home is not just a place, home is not just a physical location,” Sharpton said. “Home is where you are at peace… [NIchols] said, ‘All I wanna do is get home.’ I came to Memphis to say the reason I keep going, is all I’m trying to do is get home. I want to get where they can’t treat me with a double standard. I’m trying to get home. I want to get to where they can’t call me names no more. I want to get home. I want to get where they can’t shoot and ask questions later.
Along with Harris and Sharpton, Nichols’ service also featured words from civil rights attorney Ben Crump and Nichols’ older sister, Keyana Dixon. “Even in his demise, he was still polite,” Dixon said, fighting back tears. “He was still the polite young man he always was. He asked them to please stop, and they didn’t. That is why my family will never be the same.”
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