Memphians remember Tyre Nichols at one-year anniversary vigil
RowVaughn Wells, the mother of Tyre Nichols, holds up a picture of her son on life support shortly before his death. Wells was at a vigil honoring the one-year anniversary of her son's death at the hands of Memphis Police Department officers on Jan. 7, 2023. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
“Memphis, we need to get it together here because we going in the wrong direction,” said RowVaughn Wells, Tyre Nichols’ mother, at the one-year anniversary vigil in Hickory Hill. “This is a beautiful city, I used to brag about it. I don’t brag about it anymore.”
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Kambui Bomani is the general assignment and breaking news reporter for The Daily Memphian. He is a graduate of Jackson State University’s multimedia journalism program and earned a master’s degree in digital journalism from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School. His work has been published in Pro Football Focus, The Southside Stand, HBCU Legends, FanSided and Wisconsin Sports Heroics.
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