Dozens gather at vigil for Tyre Nichols in Orlando
Dozens gathered in Lake Yola Park to honor the memory of Tyree Nichols tonight. Congressman Maxwell Frost and state representative Anna Escamani joined the community for a visual for the 29 year old who died three days after being threatened and beaten by police in Memphis during a traffic stop. West choose Haley crumble home has a story. What's his name? Dozens gathered in Lake Yola Park to remember Tyree Nichols, including Congressman Maxwell Frost. Today it's about celebrating his beautiful life, the beautiful life of a young man that was taken too soon, but also talking about what's next. He says what happened shows that conversations need to be had about how we think about public safety. When we think about public safety, we think about one thing and that's policing and policing does play a huge part in public safety, but we also need the community to be at the table to state representative Anna Escamani spoke at the gathering as well to see what happened to this young man.
It breaks all of our hearts. She says in Memphis action was taken against officers faster than seen in other situations, but she says it not enough change has happened. Lessons are being learned, but at the same time, the system is broken. The citizen needs to be reformed. We need to ensure that training is high quality and that we also address the bystander syndrome. I mean, this is a constant problem and it happens in every sector. Young leaders spoke here to speaking about what it was like.
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She'd like to see that change in her lifetime. I'm hopeful. I really am. Hopefully, especially with the generation. He Lee crumble home, West to news. Frost and as Kamani both pointed to community involvement as a piece necessary to see progress. Mhm.
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