lawrence turner, thank you for welcoming us. kesha lance bottom, mitch landrieu, we are here on behalf of the people of our country and our president, joe biden. and we are here to celebrate the life of tyre nichols. mrs. brown, mr. brown, you have been extraordinary. in terms of your strength, your courage, and your grace. and we mourn with you and the people of our country mourn with you. and i have -- i'm going to be very brief. mothers around the world, when their babies are born, pray to god, when they hold that child, that that body and that life will be safe. for the rest of his life. yet we have a mother and a father who mourn the life of a young man who should be here today. they have a grandson who now does not have a father. his brothers and sister will lose the love of growing old with their baby brother. and when we look at this situation, this is a family that lost their son and their brother, through an act of violence, at the hands and the feet of people who have been charged with keeping them safe. [applause] an

lawrence turner, thank you for welcoming us. kesha lance bottom, mitch landrieu, we are here on behalf of the people of our country and our president, joe biden. and we are here to celebrate the life of tyre nichols. mrs. brown, mr. brown, you have been extraordinary. in terms of your strength, your courage, and your grace. and we mourn with you and the people of our country mourn with you. and i have -- i'm going to be very brief. mothers around the world, when their babies are born, pray to god, when they hold that child, that that body and that life will be safe. for the rest of his life. yet we have a mother and a father who mourn the life of a young man who should be here today. they have a grandson who now does not have a father. his brothers and sister will lose the love of growing old with their baby brother. and when we look at this situation, this is a family that lost their son and their brother, through an act of violence, at the hands and the feet of people who have been charged with keeping them safe. [applause] an

reverend doctor lawrence turner, thank you for helping us. kishida lance bottom, lance, we are here on behalf of our people and our presidentjoe biden. and we are here to celebrate the life of tyree nichols. mrs wells, mrwells, to celebrate the life of tyree nichols. mrs wells, mr wells, you have been extraordinary in terms of your strength, your courage, and your strength, your courage, and your grace. we mourn with you. and the people of our country mourn with you. i will be brief. mothers around the world when their babies are born, pray to god when they hold that child that that body and life will be safe. for the rest of his life. yet we have a mother and a father who mourned the life of a young man who should be here today. they have a grandson who now does not have a father. his brothers and sister will lose the love of a growing old with their baby brother. and when we look at the situation, this is a family that lost their son and their brother through an act of violence at the hands and the feet of people who had been charged with k

reverend jayson lawrence turner. to all the clergy, our public officials and to most of all, the family of tyre nichols. let me say that we're blessed to have a young pastor who has labored in social justice and prophetic visions. [ applause ] and who immediately said to let us celebrate tyre here at this great church. people like jason turner, matt vaughan, in the ministry every day. a lot of ministers show up when the cameras show up. and leave when the cameras leave. >> that's right. >> been he's been with us for many years, and he's a great giant in his own rite. give a hand to reverend jason turner. [ applause ] let me also say that i want to recognize there are other families thatch come -- that have come from around the country that know what mr. and mrs. wells is going through and all of the siblings. and i want them to stand and be recognized because they know what it is to sit at a funeral like this, and i know the family of george floyd is here. stand up. brandon, botham john's here, philoius, and the moth

lawrence turner, thank you for welcoming us. keisha lance bottoms, mitch landrieu, we're here on behalf of the people of our country and our president, joe biden. and we are here to celebrate the life of tyre nichols mrs. wells, mr. wells, you have been extraordinary in terms of your str strength, your courage, and your grace. and we mourn with you and the people of our country mourn with you. and i just -- i'm going to be very brief. mothers around the world, when their babies are born pray to god when they hold that child for the rest of his life. yet, we have a mother and a father who mourn the life of a young man who should be here today. they have a grandson who now does not have a father. his brothers and sister will lose the love of growing old with their baby brother. and when we look at this situation, this is a family that lost their son and their brother through an act of violence at the hands and the feet of people who had been charged with keeping them safe. [ applause ] and when i think about the courage and streng

turner. all the clergy are public officials and to most of all the family of terry nichols. let me say that we are blessed to have a young pastor who has labored in social justice and prophetic vision and immediately said, the let us celebrate our re here at this great church. people like jason turner, not born in the ministry every day. ladder menace does show up when the cameras show up and leave when the cameras lee. but he's been with us and nan for many years, and he's a great giant in his own right, give a hand to rebel turn. let me also say that i want to recognize there are other families that have come from around the country and know what mr. and mrs. wells has gone through and all of the siblings are and i, i want them to stay in and be recognized because they know what it is to sit at a funeral like this and are know the family of george roy, the z a stand up brandon for loaners the family. but tom john or bob john sister is here. the mother funnel for loaners and kiki here are th

lawrence turner says the public funeral will focus on the way nichols lived and not the way he died. >> we want to be sure that we're focused on celebrating tyre's life. we cannot and will not allow the way in which he died to define the totality of his life. >> five former police officers have been charged with nichols' murder, and the district attorney is considering filing charges against seven other first responders. >>> tonight, alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter along with a weapons expert in the shooting death on the set of the western "rust." prosecutors say more than a dozen safety violations occurred on the set. cbs's kris van cleave joins us with the new details. good evening, kris. >> reporter: j.b., these new charging documents lay out a chain of events where prosecutors say there were multiple opportunities to avoid tragedy. now, these documents allege that alec baldwin missed the required firearms training before filming began. he was given his own training session on the set of "rust," but the documents say baldwin was distracted and

lawrence turner says the public funeral will focus on the way nichols lived, and not the way he died. >> we want to be sure that we're focused on celebrating tyre's life. we cannot and will not allow the way in which he died to define the totality of his life. >> reporter: five former police officers have been charged with nichols' murder, and the district attorney is considering filing charges against seven other first responders. tonight, alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter, along with a weapons expert, in the shooting death on the set of the western, "rust." prosecutors say more than a dozen safety violations occurred on the set. cbs's kris van cleave joins us with the new details. good evening, kris. >> reporter: j.b., these new charging documents lay out a chain of events where prosecutors say there were multiple opportunities to avoid tragedy. now, these documents allege that alec baldwin missed the required firearms training before filming began. he was given his own training session on the set of "rust," but the documents say baldwin was distra

turner, the senior pastor at the boulevard who will be presiding over the service tells wre g the nichols family wants memphis and the world. remember more than just the brutality of how he died after the police beating. they've been. >> seeking ways to highlight some of the pressures members they share with tyre in life so that people can get a chance to see more than that disturbing video. the church is expected to be at capacity as thousands. remember the 29 year-old father. >> who loved his family. skateboarding and photographing sunsets. you want to? >> allow the nation to see what a beautiful soul this was that we also tragically. and so we hope that the service who were flat, much of what the family has requested from african drumming too, of the musical selections that hopefully be a healing balm in the wake of nichols death. the reverend al sharpton will give the eulogy that will likely also addressed the cold for police reform in memphis and other u.s. cities goal com out of memphis and fight like we medical fought be paul to pass open same law. >> ben crump, attorney for the ni

turner, the senior pastor at the boulevard who will be presiding over the service tells wre g the nichols family wants memphis and the world. remember more than just the brutality of how he died after the police beating. they've been. >> seeking ways to a highlight some of the pressures members they share with tyre in life so that people can get a chance to see more than that disturbing video. the church is expected to be at capacity as thousands. remember the 29 year-old father. >> who loved his family. skateboarding and photographing sunsets. you want to? >> allow the nation to see what a beautiful soul this was that we'd also tragically. and so we hope that the service flat. much of what the family has requested from african drumming too, be musical selections. that hopefully be a healing balm in the wake of nichols death. the reverend al sharpton will give the eulogy that will likely also addressed the cold for police reform in memphis and other u.s. cities goal com out of memphis and fight like we fought before. >> to pass me saying law. >> ben crump, attorney for the nichols family

turner, the senior pastor at the boulevard who will be presiding over the service tells wre g the nichols family wants memphis and the world. remember more than just the brutality of how he died after the police beating. they've been. >> seeking ways to highlight some of the pressures members they share with tyre in life so that people can get a chance to see more than that disturbing video. the church is expected to be at capacity as thousands. remember the 29 year-old father. >> who loved his family. skateboarding and photographing sunsets. you want to? >> allow the nation to see what a beautiful soul this was that we'd also tragically. and so we hope that the service flat. much of what the family has requested from african drumming too musical selections. that hopefully be a healing balm in the wake of nichols death. the reverend al sharpton will give the eulogy that will likely also addressed the cold for police reform in memphis and other u.s. cities goal com out of memphis and fight like we fought before. >> to pass me saying law. >> ben crump, attorney for the nichols family will a

lawrence turner said we get so zeroed in on how tyre nichols died, we don't get a chance to recognize that he lived before that moment. it's a sad fact. we have talked about these names before, george floyd, eric garner, we know them because of how they died, not how they lived. talk to us about why it's so important to remember the life of tyre nichols in this moment. >> well, it's important because the way they died was a result of their dehumanization. the fact that they were treated as less than were examples of a population of folk who were devalued. it's important in these moments with any life to tell the full story of the life lived, that the life is not just simply a kind of result of tragic circumstance or cruel outcome, of barbaric behavior, but there was love, there were joys, there were triumphs, there were desires, there were broken-hearted moments, there were actual moments of elation to tell the story of the full human being. often times we don't see the full human being. we're either these kind of objects of scorn that is to say people who are prone to crime, chris, o