Transcript for Tyre Nichols laid to rest in Memphis funeral
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LINSEY.
>> MARY, THANK YOU.
MICHAEL.
>>> WE'LL GO TO THE FUNERAL FOR
TYRE NICHOLS LAID TO REST IN AN
EMOTIONAL SERVICE.
STEPHANIE RAMOS HAS THE LATEST
FROM MEMPHIS.
THE CITY REELING AFTER THIS
YOUNG FATHER'S DEATH AFTER THE
BRUTAL POLICE BEATING.
>> Reporter: FAMILY, FRIENDS AND
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER GATHERED TO
REMEMBER TYRE NICHOLS.
THROUGH TEARS, HIS MOTHER SAYING
SHE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HER SON
AS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON.
OVERNIGHT THE FAMILY OF TYRE
NICHOLS LAYING THE 29-YEAR-OLD
TO REST THREE WEEKS AFTER HE
DIED FOLLOWING A BRUTAL POLICE
BEATING CAPTURED ON DISTURBING
VIDEO.
>> I SEE THE WORLD SHOWING HIM
LOVE AND FIGHTING FOR HIS
JUSTICE, BUT ALL I WANT IS MY
BABY BROTHER BACK.
>> Reporter: THE SERVICE FILLED
WITH SCRIPTURE, POWERHOUSE SONGS
AND CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.
HIS FAMILY REFLECTING ON WHO HE
WAS, A LOVING FATHER WHO ENJOYED
SKATEBOARDING AND SUNSETS.
>> TYRE WAS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON
AND FOR THIS TO HAPPEN TO HIM
IT'S JUST UNIMAGINABLE.
>> Reporter: IN THE CONGREGATION
FAMILY MEMBERS OF GEORGE FLOYD,
ERIC GARNER AND BREONNA TAYLOR,
ALL OF WHOM DIED AT THE HANDS OF
POLICE.
ALSO VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA
HARRIS SUPPORTING THE FAMILY
HAND DELIVERING A LETTER FROM
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
THE PRESIDENT WRITING IN PART,
THE LOVE YOU HAVE FOR TYRE, THAT
LOVE WILL BE THE SOURCE OF YOUR
STRENGTH.
REVEREND AL SHARPTON EULOGIZING
HIM WITH STRONG WORDS AGAINST
THOSE FIVE MEMPHIS POLICE
OFFICERS.
>> IN THE CITY THAT DR. KING
LOST HIS LIFE, NOT FAR AWAY FROM
THAT BALCONY, YOU BEAT A BROTHER
TO DEATH.
>> Reporter: BOTH HARRIS AND
SHARPTON CALLING ON CONGRESS TO
PASS THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN
POLICING ACT WHICH CALLS FOR
COMPREHENSIVE POLICE REFORM.
REPRESENTATIVE SHEILA JACKSON
LEE SAYS SHE WILL REINTRODUCE
THAT BILL RIGHT AFTER THE STATE
OF THE UNION.
IF IT PASSES, THAT IS THE CHANGE
TYRE NICHOLS' FAMILY IS LOOKING
FOR,
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