Tyre Nichols was brutally beaten and died after being pulled over by Memphis police officers during a traffic stop earlier this month.
“He had never been in trouble with the law, not even a parking ticket,” Wells wrote. “He was an honest man, a wonderful son, and kind to everyone. He was quirky and true to himself, and his loss will be felt nationally.”
Nichols would often watch sunsets from the Shelby Farms Park to the east of Memphis, and was a keen skateboarder and amateur photographer, according to his mother.he wrote on his photography website“I want people to remember who Tyre was, and that’s just a great ball of energy,” his brother Jamal Dupree told The Washington Post. “Energetic, outgoing, funny, goofy, always had a smile on his face.”Nichols was “a great kid,” his friend Rico Howard said.
He was close to his parents, returning from his shift at FedEx, where he worked with his stepfather, to eat a home-cooked meal every evening. He also had his mother’s name tattooed on his arm. “That made me proud because most kids don’t put their mom’s name,” she told a news conference earlier this week.“To find out that my son was calling my name, and I was only feet away, and didn’t even hear him — you have no clue how I feel right now,” Wells said. “My son loved me to death, and I loved himHis parents say they hope to build a skate park in his memory, “in honor of his love for skating and sunsets.
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