Tyre Nichols’ mother: Verdict ‘a slap in my family’s face’
The family of Tyre Nichols and local activists gathered Thursday to protest Wednesday’s not guilty verdict against the three former Memphis police officers charged with killing him in 2023.
Topic: RowVaughn Wells
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May 2025
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April 2025
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Tyre Nichols’ mother takes the stand
During her first time ever on the stand, RowVaughn Wells describes the night her son, Tyre Nichols, was beaten by former Memphis police officers. “He hugged me and said, ‘I’ll see you later.’”
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January 2025
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Marchers call for justice, hold vigil in the cold for Tyre Nichols
Groups huddled in the cold in view of the police Skycam that caught much of the grisly action on Castlegate Lane in Southeast Memphis on Jan. 7, 2023.
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August 2024
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Tyre Nichols’ son must be represented in civil suit, judge says
A federal judge ruled Friday that Tyre Nichols’ young son must be represented by someone besides his grandmother RowVaughn Wells’ attorneys in the civil rights lawsuit against the City of Memphis.
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March 2024
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MPD’s Davis, other top brass could be deposed in Nichols’ lawsuit
Attorneys for RowVaughn Wells, Tyre Nichols’ mother, filed their initial discovery disclosure Thursday, March 28, detailing the 90-plus people who could be deposed during the ongoing civil rights lawsuit.
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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.
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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
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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.
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January 2024
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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.
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April 2023
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Tyre Nichols’ family to sue City of Memphis
The family of Tyre Nichols, the man who died after an encounter with Memphis police officers, will file a lawsuit this week against the City of Memphis.
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RowVaughn Wells, mother of Tyre Nichols, named to Time 100 list
“Losing a child is the worst kind of pain that a parent could know, but RowVaughn has continued to demonstrate strength and assert her voice to ensure that her son’s story is not forgotten,” Ben Crump, the Wells family’s attorney, wrote for Time magazine.
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