The funeral of Tyr Nichols will be held in Memphis on Wednesday, and leaders of the civil rights movement will speak. Here’s how to watch.

Tyr Nichols, whose violent arrest and subsequent death sparked widespread grief and outrage, will be buried Wednesday in Memphis. Nichols died on January 10, three days after he was beaten by police at a bus stop. Five officers were fired and charged with second-degree murder.

His funeral will be attended by Vice President Kamala Harris, the White House announced Tuesday, along with several other administration officials. Members of the Nichols family, along with Reverend Al Sharpton and civil rights attorney Ben Crump determined to speak.

Nichols, who was 29, worked for FedEx and had a 4-year-old son. He grew up in Sacramento but moved to Memphis just before the pandemic to join his mother and stepfather.

“My son loved me to death and I love him to death,” his mother, RowVon Wells, told CBS News, sharing that her son had a tattoo of her name on his arm. According to family members, he calls himself an “aspiring photographer” and enjoys photographing landscapes and sunsets.

Tyre Nichols in a photo provided by his family. Contributed by the Nichols family via AP

Friends of his youth in California shared their memories of him with CBS Sacramento. Nichols was an avid skateboarder and was described by his friend Jerome Neal as a “favorite” at the local skate park.

“He just touches anyone who is close to him,” said another friend, Austin Robert. “He’s a fantastic person and I really want everyone to remember him that way.”

“Honestly, it’s very devastating to see such a good person go through such unnecessary cruelty, such unnecessary death,” Brian Jung, a Memphis friend of Nichols, told CBS News.

Nichols was driving home when he was pulled over on the night of January 7 – allegedly for reckless driving, although the police chief later said no evidence was found to support this. Disturbing body camera and security camera footage released by city officials on Friday showed him being punched, kicked and pepper sprayed.

He died on January 10 from what his stepfather Rodney Wells described as cardiac arrest and kidney failure. An official cause of death was not released, but the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said he “succumbed to his injuries.”

Five Memphis police officers were fired and charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, misconduct and official harassment. Two other officers were relieved of their positions, and three Memphis firefighters who arrived at the scene were fired, authorities said. Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. said two of his deputies were also relieved of their duties.

“The sad reality is that police brutality will be a constant threat to black and brown Americans unless cops consistently see those who use brute force go to jail. They must understand that the badge is not a shield that allows them to kill. someone during a traffic stop,” Sharpton said in a statement following the release of the police footage. “And the only way to do that is through convictions and legislation. I thank the Justice Department for launching a civil rights investigation and I urge its lawyers to be prompt and transparent. Our entire nation must unite to condemn this grotesque violation of human rights. ”

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