CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER REV. AL SHARPTON, ATTORNEY BEN CRUMP TO JOIN WITH FAMILY OF TYRE NICHOLS TUESDAY NIGHT AT HISTORIC MASON TEMPLE AHEAD OF FUNERAL

Will Respond to  from Historic Memphis Church Where Dr. King Delivered His Last Speech

Memphis, Tenn. (Monday, January 30, 2023) – Civil Rights Leader Rev. Al Sharpton and Attorney Ben Crump will join with the family of Tyre Nichols on the eve of his funeral to reflect on the 29-year-old’s death at the hands of Memphis police. They will address the media from the historic Mason Temple in Memphis, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his final speech the night before his assassination 55 years ago.

The gathering comes the night before Nichols will be laid to rest at the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis. Following the release of body camera footage of the beating on Friday night, Memphis authorities disbanded the controversial SCORPION Unit involved in his death. That came after five officers involved in the January 7th beating, which led to Nichols’ death three days later, were fired and charged with murder earlier in the week. On Monday, the department relieved two additional officers of their duty, while the fire department fired three first responders involved in the incident.

Other victims of Memphis SCORPION Unit, who allege they were brutalized before Nichols, will address the media tomorrow evening.

WHO

The family of Tyre Nichols

Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of NAN

Ben Crump, Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney

J. Drew Sherad, Presiding Bishop and Chief Apostle of The Church of God in Christ

Van Turner, President of NAACP Memphis Branch

Victims of the Memphis SCORPION Unit

WHEN
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

7:30-8:30 CST

WHERE

Mason Temple
930 Mason Street
Memphis, TN 38126

About National Action Network (NAN)

National Action Network is one of the leading civil rights organizations in the Nation with chapters throughout the entire United States. Founded in 1991 by Reverend Al Sharpton, NAN works within the spirit and tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to promote a modern civil rights agenda that includes the fight for one standard of justice, decency, and equal opportunities for all people regardless of race, religion, nationality, or gender.

For more information go to www.nationalactionnetwork.net.

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