US Vice President Kamala Harris and civil rights leader the Rev Al Sharpton will be among the mourners Wednesday at the funeral of Tyre Nichols whose
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton will be among the mourners Wednesday at the funeral of Tyre Nichols, whose death earlier this month after being beaten by police once again focused attention on police brutality.
Nichols’ mother and stepfather, RowVaughn Wells and Rodney Wells, invited Harris to attend the service at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, Tennessee. She expressed her condolences in a phone call with the family on Tuesday.
«The persistent issue of police misconduct and use of excessive force in America must end now,» Harris said in a statement Friday, the same day police released video of the January 7 traffic stop and beating that led to his death.
