“You remember people that are really kind to you, and Tyre was just a really kind person”
On most weekends, Tyre Nichols would head to the city park, train his camera on the sky and wait for the sun to set.
“Nobody’s perfect, nobody. But he was damn near,” his mother, RowVaughn Wells, said at a news conference this week, moments after she watched the video of her son being beaten to death. “He was damn near perfect.” Chapman's dad, Curtis Chapman, ran a youth group at a local church that would often meet at the skate park for pizza. Nichols quickly became a regular, bringing his energetic spirit and quick wit. But away from the group, Nichols would often show up at the Chapman's house to talk about life — including coming to grips with being a young parent.
“It's honestly pretty devastating to see such a good human go through such unnecessary brutality, such unnecessary death,” Jang said.
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