Tyre Nichols was a 29-year-old Black man in America. He died on January 10th, 2023 three days after being severely beaten by police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, during a traffic stop near his mother’s house.

Tyre Nichols worked the second shift at FedEx, the parcel-shipping company. He would return to his mother’s house about 7pm every night for his meal break, his family reportedly said.

The father of a four-year-old boy, he enjoyed photographing sunsets and skateboarding. His mother, Row Vaughn Wells, said he had a tattoo of her name on his arm.

“That made me proud,” she told the news media. “Most kids don’t put their mom’s name. My son was a beautiful soul.”