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US Vice-President Harris to attend funeral for Tyre Nichols

Mourners hold a vigil for Tyre Nichols, the Black man who was fatally beaten by Memphis police officers, at a skatepark in the North Natomas neighborhood near where he grew up, in Sacramento, California, U.S. January 30, 2023.[Reuters]

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton will be among the mourners Wednesday at the funeral of Tyre Nichols, whose death earlier this month after being beaten by police once again focused attention on police brutality.

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