• In funeral for Tyre Nichols, a public expression of Black America's grief

    In funeral for Tyre Nichols, a public expression of Black America's grief

    Feb 02, 2023 04:48 PM EST

    Such funeral services are one part heartfelt tribute and one part civil rights rally — a symbolic tax Black Americans have paid time and again from Emmett Till and George Floyd to those killed in mass shootings by white supremacists in Charleston and Buffalo. "Grieving has many forms — the form that ...

  • Mourners issue call for police reform at funeral of Tyre Nichols

    Mourners issue call for police reform at funeral of Tyre Nichols

    Feb 01, 2023 11:55 PM EST

    ... are not asking for nothing special. We're asking to be treated equal. Amna Nawaz: Among those in attendance, the families of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, reminders that Nichols' family now joins a larger community of Black families fighting for justice for loved ones killed by police. That includes ...

  • Kamala Harris delivers speech at Tyre Nichols' funeral

    Kamala Harris delivers speech at Tyre Nichols' funeral

    Feb 01, 2023 11:12 PM EST

    ... urging Congress to pass police reform. The Rev. Al Sharpton and Vice President Kamala Harris both delivered impassioned speeches calling on Congress to approve the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, a broad package of police reforms that includes a national registry for police officers disciplined for misconduct, a ban ...

  • WATCH: White House speaks on police reform, Biden's meeting with McCarthy

    WATCH: White House speaks on police reform, Biden's meeting with McCarthy

    Feb 01, 2023 05:22 PM EST

    ... But bipartisan efforts to reach an agreement on policing legislation stalled last year, and President Joe Biden ended up signing an executive order named for George Floyd, whose murder at the hands of Minneapolis police set off nationwide protests nearly three years ago. Now with a new killing in the ...

  • WATCH: Tyre Nichols laid to rest in funeral ceremony

    WATCH: Tyre Nichols laid to rest in funeral ceremony

    Feb 01, 2023 02:46 PM EST

    ... God. And I guess now his assignment is done. He’s gone home," she said. She also urged Congress to pass the law named after George Floyd. Members of his family and others who have been killed by police attended the funeral, including Breonna Taylor, Botham Jean and Eric Garner.

  • Police tactics again under scrutiny in wake of killing of Tyre Nichols

    Police tactics again under scrutiny in wake of killing of Tyre Nichols

    Jan 31, 2023 11:45 PM EST

    ... called SCORPION. Geoff Bennett: It strikes me that Memphis was among the police departments that reviewed and revised its policies after the police killing of George Floyd. They instituted a ban on choke holds. They instituted de-escalation policies. Of course, none of that mattered when Tyre Nichols was pulled ...

  • Family of man killed by officer in 2016 describes efforts to reform policing

    Family of man killed by officer in 2016 describes efforts to reform policing

    Jan 31, 2023 11:41 PM EST

    ... we saw videos of Philando Castile. We saw the video of my brother and so many more, Alton Sterling, Walter Scott in South Carolina, and George Floyd. And we have yet to see any change in this country, have yet to see Congress act. And so I just think that ...

  • White House says VP Harris will attend Tyre Nichols’ funeral

    White House says VP Harris will attend Tyre Nichols’ funeral

    Jan 31, 2023 09:57 PM EST

    ... eulogy and Crump will speak immediately after the funeral. Those expected to be in attendance include Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor, and Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd. The deaths of Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, and Floyd in Minneapolis, at the hands of police sparked protests across ...

  • Tyre Nichols killing show officers still fail to intervene against misconduct

    Tyre Nichols killing show officers still fail to intervene against misconduct

    Jan 31, 2023 02:38 PM EST

    As five Memphis police officers attacked Tyre Nichols with their feet, fists and a baton, others milled around at the scene, even as the 29-year-old cried out in pain and then slumped limply against the side of a car. Just like the attack on George Floyd in Minneapolis ...

  • 6th Memphis officer suspended amid calls for more accountability following Nichols death

    6th Memphis officer suspended amid calls for more accountability following Nichols death

    Jan 30, 2023 11:55 PM EST

    We didn't get it in 1992 with Rodney King. We didn't get it with Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, during the Obama administration. We didn't get it with George Floyd. And how many more videos do we have to show you, America, before you understand that there ...