Tyre Nichols police beating video prompts faith leaders to react with grief goals
Religious leaders reacted swiftly—with legislative appeals and collective grief—to the release of video footage of police officers beating Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died days after a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee.
Church of God in Christ Presiding Bishop J. Drew Sheard, whose historically Black denomination has its headquarters in Memphis, issued a statement on January 27 addressing the “shocking death” of Nichols, a 29-year-old FedEx worker who died on January 10 in a local hospital.