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Reuters
Reuters
Health
By Katharine Jackson and Ahmed Aboulenein

Tyre Nichols' death must galvanize efforts to reform police: family attorney

Rodney Wells, a stepfather, and RowVaughn Wells a mother of Tyre Nichols, a young Black man who was killed during a traffic stop by Memphis police officers, take the stage with their attorney Ben Crump, during a news conference at Mt. Olive Cathedral CME Church in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer

The attorney representing the family of Tyre Nichols, the Black man who was fatally beaten by Memphis police officers, called on Sunday for the U.S. Congress to pass police reform legislation, and said Nichols' mother hoped the tragedy could lead to a "greater good."

"Shame on us if we don't use his tragic death to finally get the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act passed," Ben Crump told CNN's "State of the Union."

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