The funeral for Tyre Nichols, a 29-year old Black man who died after Memphis police brutally beat him, will be held on Feb. 1 at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church. The service will include a eulogy from the Rev. Al Sharpton and remarks by Ben Crump, the civil rights lawyer representing Nichols’s family. Vice President Harris will be in attendance, as well as the families of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
Nichols’s death has renewed nationwide calls for police reform after body-camera footage of his beating was released. Five Memphis police officers were fired and charged with second-degree murder, while two others were “relieved of duty” as an investigation continues.
The Post’s Libby Casey will anchor live coverage of the funeral from the newsroom and be joined by reporters Rhonda Colvin and James Hohmann. Read more: Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube:
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