At a somber vigil for Tyre Nichols, anger is directed toward change
Dozens of mourners showed up to Tobey Skate Park in Midtown on Jan. 26, 2023, to honor Tyre Nichols, who died from injuries sustained in a Jan. 7 traffic stop with Memphis police. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
The family of Tyre Nichols, friends, mourners and skateboarders gathered in Tobey Skatepark for a vigil on Jan. 26, 2023.
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Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
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