A candlelight vigil for Tyre Nichols, a former Sacramento resident beaten to death by Memphis police earlier this month, was held at a local skate park on Monday evening.
Dozens of friends, family and community members turned out for the vigil at Regency Community Skate Park in North Natomas. Nichols was an avid skateboarder and amateur photographer whose friends and family remembered him as a happy-go-lucky kid who could make anyone laugh.
Nichols, 29, had lived in Sacramento until 2020, when he moved to Tennessee with his family. The manner of his death has shone a spotlight on policing practices in the United States and once again ignited a national debate over police brutality.
Multiple officers involved in the beating have been fired and charged with second-degree murder. In addition, several employees of the Memphis Fire Department, who also responded to the scene, have been fired.