There are 5 article(s) tagged Rodney Wells:

• March 2024

  • Tyre Nichols’ parents furious after meeting with state Sen. Brent Taylor

    The Wells family released a letter Friday pleading with Gov. Bill Lee to meet with them before he signs the bill into law, appealing to the promise he made to them in 2023.

    By Ben Wheeler March 15, 2024

  • Tyre Nichols’ parents ask for meeting with Gov. Bill Lee

    Tyre Nichols’ parents have released a letter asking to sit down with Gov. Bill Lee before he signs a bill that would ban traffic stop ordinances like the one passed by the Memphis City Council.

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    Tyre Nichols’ parents furious after meeting with state Sen. Brent Taylor

    By Ben Wheeler March 15, 2024

  • State House passes bill to stop bans on traffic stops

    It happened amid Tyre Nichols' family and local Democratic lawmakers accusing the bill’s sponsor of deceit.

    By Julia Baker March 07, 2024

• January 2024

  • Seeking peace a year after Tyre Nichols’ death

    If Memphis has healed – or if it has at least scarred in the wake of Tyre Nichols’ death – it is because of RowVaughn Wells, said J. Lawrence Turner, pastor of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church.

    By Samuel Hardiman January 11, 2024

• January 2023

  • Nichols protesters gather at Shelby Farms, pray in Brandywine subdivision

    Leaders of the sunset protest demanded the names of every officer involved in Nichols’ death and that they all be charged. Meanwhile, the parents of Nichols were among a smaller group that gathered Monday evening in the Brandywine subdivision where Nichols was beaten by police the night they stopped him.

    By Julia Baker, Bill Dries January 31, 2023