Prayers and promises of reform at Tyre Nichols's funeral

Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Black man fatally beaten by police officers after a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee, was mourned on February 1, the first day of Black History Month, in a funeral that featured messages of faith from Vice President Kamala Harris and Al Sharpton.

The service at the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis mixed prayers with promises to work toward change to prevent future violence against Black people at the hands of police.

“Mothers around the world, when their babies are born, pray to God when they hold that child that that body and that life will be safe for the rest of his life,” the vice president said. “Yet we have a mother and a father who mourn the life of a young man who should be here today.”