California skate park named for Black motorist fatally beaten in police traffic stop
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 12, 2023
Officials have dedicated a California skate park in honor of Tyre Nichols, a Black man prosecutors say was beaten to death last Janaury by police officers in Memphis, Tennessee
June 11, 2023, 6:43 PM ET
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Officials dedicated a California skate park Sunday in honor of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who spent much of his youth in the state and was killed last January in what prosecutors said was a fatal beating by police in Tennessee during a traffic stop.
An avid skateboarder . . .
