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Tears and anger as US police beating victim Tyre Nichols laid to rest

Tears and anger as US police beating victim Tyre Nichols laid to rest

MEMPHIS: Civil rights leaders, family and friends came together in a Memphis church Wednesday to bid farewell to Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old African American whose fatal beating by police shocked the nation -- and triggered urgent calls for reform.“We mourn with you, and the people of our country mourn with you,“ Vice President Kamala Harris told the young man’s family during a rousing service punctuated by gospel music and emotional speeches.Anger is still simmering over Nichols’ death on January 10, three days after he was beaten and kicked in a traffic stop by five Black police officers -- rekindling a national debate about brutality in law enforcement.Calling out the officers over the deadly “act of violence,“ Harris urged Congress to pass a stalled reform bill named for George Floyd, whose murder by police in 2020 ignited waves of unrest across the country and beyond.Speaking though tears, Nichols’ mother RowVaughn Wells joined Harris in calling on lawmakers to act -- flanked by

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