Bodycam video of Tyre Nichols being beaten beaten to death by Memphis police has been released. Here's how his friends and family remember him.
'He was damn near perfect,' Nichols' mother, RowVaughn Wells, said moments after she watched the video of her son being beaten.More Videos
"My vision is to bring my viewers deep into what I am seeing through my eye and out through my lens," Nichols wrote. "People have a story to tell, why not capture it." He was the baby of their family, born 12 years after his closest siblings. He had a 4-year-old son and worked hard to better himself as a father, his family said. He was an avid skateboarder from Sacramento, California, and came to Memphis just before the coronavirus pandemic and got stuck. But he was fine with it because he was with his mother, and they were incredibly close, Wells said. He had her name tattooed on his arm.
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 house to talk about life - including coming to grips with being a young parent.
His mother said she raised him to love everyone openly - until they give you a reason not to. So Nichols was quick to make friends. Wells said she'd offered to buy her son Jordans, the popular athletic shoes, but he didn't want them.When he wasn't working, he went to the park to skateboard and take pictures. His website, called This California Kid, starts with an invitation: "Welcome to the world through my eyes.
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