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In Tyre Nichols’ neighborhood, Black residents fear police

Community organizer Chase Madkins stands on the porch of the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Madkins attended the funeral of Tyre Nichols, who died of injuries following a traffic stop by Memphis Police. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Rev. Al Sharpton delivers the eulogy for Tyre Nichols at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Nichols died following a brutal beating by Memphis police after a traffic stop. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP, Pool)

Hunter Demster, an activist, hugs a skateboard outside his office in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Demster, who works with the group Decarcerate Memphis, says he often gets calls for help from Black motorists, like late skateboarded Tyre Nichols, who have been stopped by police for what he considers "nefarious" reasons. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Community organizer Chase Madkins poses for a portrait in a Black-owned coffee shop in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Madkins says Black men like he and Tyre Nichols are often pulled over by police own flimsy pretexts hopes of finding some more serious violation. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

FILE - In this Friday, June 19, 2015, file photo, the men of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. lead a crowd of people in prayer outside the Emanuel AME Church, after a memorial for the nine people killed by Dylann Roof in Charleston, S.C. The funerals of Black Americans who are the victims of police brutality or white supremacist violence serve both as outlets for private mourning and as venues to air shared grief and demand justice. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

In Tyre Nichols’ neighborhood, Black residents fear police