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Vigil for Tyre Nichols held at Sacramento skatepark

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Community members and leaders gathered Monday at a vigil for Tyre Nichols, whose death after being beaten by Memphis police has drawn outrage nationwide.Organizers chose to host the remembrance vigil at the Regency Community Skatepark in North Natomas, a place where his childhood friends said they shared a lot of memories together with him.”We chose this skatepark because this is where everyone knew Tyre from,” said close friend Angelina Paxton. “This is where our childhood memories are from.”A couple of hundred people from different backgrounds and faiths attended Monday’s vigil, all with thoughts to share or prayers to offer were encouraged by District 1 councilmember Lisa Kaplan to come forward and address the crowd.”One thing about Tyre that I’m sure all of us can agree on he just had this overwhelming urge to make everyone smile,” said friend Ryan Wilson.Tyre’s sister, Keyana Dixon, and his brother, Jamal Dupree, both spoke on behalf of Nichols’ family.”I just wanted to thank all of you for the continued support of our family and just making sure his name is never forgotten,” Dixon said.The group — lifting up the legacy he leaves as a loved family member and friend — feeling comfort in knowing Tyre would be at peace with the mark in the world his life made.”He was such a good person,” said longtime friend Dijon Hills. “He’s definitely going to Heaven, and that makes him an angel. So now we have him as an angel, to like, look over us.” Watch the vigil in the video player below Those decrying Nichols’ deadly beating marched on the streets in cities across the country after body cam footage was released. The video shows Nichols repeatedly struck by fits, boots and batons.Related | Marchers take to Sacramento streets in solidarity with others outraged by Tyre Nichols police beating videoDays before the video’s release, the Nichols’ family asked for protests to remain peaceful after watching the body cam ahead of its release.| Video Below | Tyre Nichols’ mother speaks out about his deathDaniel Hahn, Sacramento’s former police chief whose time leading the city’s law enforcement was marked by the police shooting death — investigators ultimately found no wrongdoing — of Stephon Clark, spoke with KCRA 3 after the body cam footage was released, calling the Memphis officers’ behaviour “incompetent” and “criminal” as the officers bragged about beating Nichols.The five former officers in Memphis — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith — were fired and charged last week with second-degree murder and other related charges. On Monday, Memphis police announced that Ofc. Preston Hemphill was relieved of duty, becoming the seventh officer disciplined in connection with Nichols’ arrest after an unnamed officer was relieved of duty on Jan. 23. That sixth officer’s role in the arrest was also not specified.Memphis Police Director Cerelyn Davis described the officers’ actions as “heinous, reckless and inhumane” and said that her department has been unable to substantiate the reckless driving allegation that prompted the stop. Three Memphis Fire Department staff were also fired in connection with Nichols’ death after the department announced all three violated “multiple” policies and protocols.The Associated Press contributed to this report.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

Community members and leaders gathered Monday at a vigil for Tyre Nichols, whose death after being beaten by Memphis police has drawn outrage nationwide.

Organizers chose to host the remembrance vigil at the Regency Community Skatepark in North Natomas, a place where his childhood friends said they shared a lot of memories together with him.

“We chose this skatepark because this is where everyone knew Tyre from,” said close friend Angelina Paxton. “This is where our childhood memories are from.”

A couple of hundred people from different backgrounds and faiths attended Monday’s vigil, all with thoughts to share or prayers to offer were encouraged by District 1 councilmember Lisa Kaplan to come forward and address the crowd.

“One thing about Tyre that I’m sure all of us can agree on [is] he just had this overwhelming urge to make everyone smile,” said friend Ryan Wilson.

Tyre’s sister, Keyana Dixon, and his brother, Jamal Dupree, both spoke on behalf of Nichols’ family.

“I just wanted to thank all of you for the continued support of our family and just making sure his name is never forgotten,” Dixon said.

The group — lifting up the legacy he leaves as a loved family member and friend — feeling comfort in knowing Tyre would be at peace with the mark in the world his life made.

“He was such a good person,” said longtime friend Dijon Hills. “He’s definitely going to Heaven, and that makes him an angel. So now we have him as an angel, to like, look over us.”

Watch the vigil in the video player below

Those decrying Nichols’ deadly beating marched on the streets in cities across the country after body cam footage was released. The video shows Nichols repeatedly struck by fits, boots and batons.

Related | Marchers take to Sacramento streets in solidarity with others outraged by Tyre Nichols police beating video

Days before the video’s release, the Nichols’ family asked for protests to remain peaceful after watching the body cam ahead of its release.

| Video Below | Tyre Nichols’ mother speaks out about his death

Daniel Hahn, Sacramento’s former police chief whose time leading the city’s law enforcement was marked by the police shooting death — investigators ultimately found no wrongdoing — of Stephon Clark, spoke with KCRA 3 after the body cam footage was released, calling the Memphis officers’ behaviour “incompetent” and “criminal” as the officers bragged about beating Nichols.

The five former officers in Memphis — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith — were fired and charged last week with second-degree murder and other related charges. On Monday, Memphis police announced that Ofc. Preston Hemphill was relieved of duty, becoming the seventh officer disciplined in connection with Nichols’ arrest after an unnamed officer was relieved of duty on Jan. 23. That sixth officer’s role in the arrest was also not specified.

Memphis Police Director Cerelyn Davis described the officers’ actions as “heinous, reckless and inhumane” and said that her department has been unable to substantiate the reckless driving allegation that prompted the stop.

Three Memphis Fire Department staff were also fired in connection with Nichols’ death after the department announced all three violated “multiple” policies and protocols.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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