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    Erika D. Smith: Before Tyre Nichols was a martyr, he was a Sacramento kid who didn't 'see color'

    by Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times Feb 03, 2023 6 minutes
    People look on during a vigil for Tyre Nichols at Regency Community Skatepark on Jan. 30, 2023, in Sacramento, California.

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Through it all, the family of Tyre Nichols put on their brave faces Wednesday in that church in Memphis, Tennessee.

    They echoed the calls for justice for their 29-year-old son, father and brother, who died after being savagely beaten by police last month. They took solace in the swiftness of justice, knowing that the officers involved have already been fired and charged with murder. And they nodded along in anger that, too often, Black people aren't seen for our humanity.

    "I see the world showing him love and fighting for his justice," Nichols' sister, Keyana Dixon, said through tears. "But all I want is my baby brother back."

    Indeed, this was a funeral for a distraught family, but it also was a funeral for a distraught Memphis.

    In the same way George Floyd, killed by Minneapolis police, is inextricably tied to that city, and Rodney King, beaten by Los Angeles police, is inextricably tied to our city, Nichols and his legacy are now tied to Memphis. He's now an

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