Tyre Nichols' family and friends remembered him with songs of faith and emotional tributes Wednesday, blending a celebration of his life with outraged calls for police reform after the brutal beating he endured at the hands of Memphis police.
"The only thing that’s keeping me going is that I truly believe that my son was sent here on assignment from God. And I guess now his assignment is done. He’s gone home," she said, urging Congress to pass police reform.
Flanked by Rev. Al Sharpton and her husband Rodney Wells, RowVaughn Wells speaks during the funeral service for her son Tyre Nichols at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church on February 1, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. The Rev. J. Lawrence Turner called Nichols "a good person, a beautiful soul, a son, a father, a brother, a friend, a human being" who was gone too soon and "denied his rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, denied the dignity of his humanity.
Tiffany Rachal, the mother of Jalen Randle, who was fatally shot by a Houston police officer in 2022, sang a rendition of the classic gospel standard "Total Praise" to rousing applause from the congregation and Nichols’ family. Reverend Al Sharpton listens as US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the funeral service for Tyre Nichols at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, Tennessee, on February 1, 2023.
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