At Tyre Nichols’ funeral in Memphis, Vice President Kamala Harris and Rev Al Sharpton among those praying and promising reform
United States RNS Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Black man fatally beaten by police officers after a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee, was mourned on Wednesday, the first day of Black History Month, in a funeral that featured messages of faith from Vice President Kamala Harris and Rev Al Sharpton. Delayed more than two hours by […]
In the US, Black pastors rally outside trial over Arbery’s killing
Brunswick, Georgia, US AP Hundreds of pastors both rallied and prayed Thursday outside the trial of three white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, gathering in response to a defence lawyer’s bid to keep Black ministers out of the courtroom. As testimony resumed inside the Glynn County courthouse, with its four huge columns, […]