Tyre Nichols: Kamala Harris, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor’s family attend funeral US News

US Vice President Kamala Harris and members of George Floyd’s family are expected to attend Tyre Nichols’ funeral in Memphis on Wednesday.

The White House announced the move ahead of a service at the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, Tennessee.

The families of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, who were killed at the hands of police in the United States in 2020, will also attend their father’s funeral.

Nichols, 29, was punched, kicked and batoned by several Memphis Police Department officers after he stopped in a Memphis traffic jam on January 7.

He died in hospital three days later.

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So far, five black police officers have been fired and charged with second-degree murder and other charges over his death, and two other officers have been suspended from duty.

Yesterday, the Memphis Fire Department also Three members were fired as a result of the investigation. Nichols was left handcuffed to the ground without medical attention for nearly 15 minutes after the assault.

Disturbing body camera footage of the altercation shows Mr. Nichols screaming for his mother as he is beaten by police.

Protests erupted in many U.S. cities after the footage was released, and Nichols’ family They said they would never stop fighting for justice.

Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said on Tuesday that prosecutors will file more criminal charges against police officers and others in connection with the fatal beating, following growing criticism of the handling of the case. said it was possible.

The five officers fired and charged are Tadarius Bean, aged 24 to 32, Demetrius Haley, Emmit Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith.

No criminal charges have been filed against Preston Hemphill, a white police officer who was suspended from duty after the attack and was not present at the time of the fatal beating.

In body camera footage from the first stop, Hemphill can be heard saying he tasered Mr. Nichols and declared, “I hope they stomp his ass.”

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Police said a seventh officer, who was not immediately identified, was also dismissed without pay and had not been charged. His role in the incident was not disclosed.

Nichols’ murder followed the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor in 2020, leading to mass protests in the United States against police brutality.

Floyd died in Minneapolis after a white police officer knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes, while Taylor was shot dead in Louisville, Kentucky during a failed police investigation.