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Tyre Nichols case revives calls for change in police culture

District attorney Steve Mulroy speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in response to the investigation of the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Demonstrators protest Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Washington, over the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers on Jan. 7. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Reverend Earle J. Fisher, pastor of the Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church of Memphis, reflects on the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Reverend Earle J. Fisher, pastor of the Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church of Memphis, speaks on the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Reverend Earle J. Fisher, pastor of the Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church of Memphis, reflects on the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Reverend Earle J. Fisher, pastor of the Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church of Memphis, reacts as he speaks about the investigation of the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

District attorney Steve Mulroy speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in response to the investigation of the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Two Memphis Fire Department employees have been removed from duty while the agency conducts an investigation into the death of Nichols, a Black man, after a violent arrest that led to the firing of five police officers. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Members of the Memphis Police Department work a crime scene in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Police video of the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols by officers in Memphis, Tenn. is hard to watch. The images are a glaring reminder of repeated failures of efforts to prevent such flashpoints of police brutality. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Law books sit in a bookcase as district attorney Steve Mulroy speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in response to the investigation of the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

J. Lawrence Turner, pastor of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, clasps his hands as he speaks during an interview at City Hall with the Associated Press, in response to the investigation of the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Reverend Earle J. Fisher, pastor of the Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church of Memphis, reflects on the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

J. Lawrence Turner, pastor of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, speaks during an interview at City Hall with the Associated Press, in response to the investigation of the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

J. Lawrence Turner, pastor of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, speaks during an interview at City Hall with the Associated Press, in response to the investigation of the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Members of the Memphis Police Department work a crime scene in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Police video of the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols by officers in Memphis, Tenn. is hard to watch. The images are a glaring reminder of repeated failures of efforts to prevent such flashpoints of police brutality. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Protesters march on a bridge Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn., as authorities release police video depicting five Memphis officers beating Tyre Nichols, whose death resulted in murder charges and provoked outrage at the country's latest instance of police brutality. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

RowVaughn Wells, mother of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, and Tyre's stepfather Rodney Wells, left, hold hands during a prayer at a news conference with civil rights Attorney Ben Crump in Memphis, Tenn., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

This photo provided by the Nichols family shows Tyre Nichols, who had a passion for photography and was described by friends as joyful and lovable. Nichols was just minutes from his home in Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 7, 2023, when he was pulled over by police and fatally beaten. Five Memphis police officers have since been charged with second-degree murder and other offenses. (Courtesy of the Nichols family via AP)

Rev. Andre E Johnson, of the Gifts of Life Ministries, preaches at a candlelight vigil for Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis, Tenn., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Behind him, seated at left, is Tyre's stepfather Rodney Wells. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Tyre Nichols case revives calls for change in police culture