{"id":101950,"date":"2023-02-20T15:19:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T21:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=101950"},"modified":"2023-02-20T15:19:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T21:19:28","slug":"watch-chicagoans-rally-in-honor-of-tyre-nichols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/watch-chicagoans-rally-in-honor-of-tyre-nichols\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Chicagoans rally in honor of Tyre Nichols"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Kennedy Chase<br \/>\n<\/strong><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medill Reports<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In light of the recent murder of Tyre Nichols, for which five Memphis police officers have been charged, the Chicago Alliance along with other local organizations rallied together Jan. 30 in Federal Plaza in solidarity. Although the temperature was below freezing, that did not stop this emotional crowd from rallying together in support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Tyre Nichols rally\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/799275082?h=774fdc51ee&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSCRIPT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Sad music playing]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Speaker: Say his name<\/em>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crowd: Tyre Nichols!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaker: No justice!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crowd: No peace!\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaker: No justice!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crowd: No peace!\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaker: No justice!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crowd: No peace!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaker: No justice!\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crowd: No peace!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JOSEPH WILLIAMS, executive director of Mr. Dad\u2019s Father\u2019s Club: I\u2019m here for Tyre Nichols. What happened to that young man was very tragic. It made me very sad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaker: We believe that we can end police terror!\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crowd: We believe that we can end police <\/span><\/i><i>terror!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WILLIAMS: It was crazy because when the video got released, I wanted to see the video. But after I had seen the video, I could do nothing but cry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaker: All those police in Memphis are guilty. All of them.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MERIDITH HAMMER, Chicago attorney: I am here to remember Tyre Nichols in particular but all the other people in our community, in the Black community, in the brown community and any community who has been brutalized by the police.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaker: I\u2019m standing here for G<\/span><\/i><i>eorge. I\u2019m standing here for Tyre. I\u2019m standing here still for my husband<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WILLIAMS: It shows to some folks, Black men in particular, do our lives really matter?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaker: We are not afraid. I said we are not afraid.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crowd: We are not afraid!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAMMER: I do think that it\u2019s important to come out and to come together in solidarity, right, against these types of killings. I believe it was a murder. I believe the cops were trained to do this to this young man.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WILLIAMS: We have to show folks that we deserve justice. Not only do we deserve justice, but our voice matters. That we are standing in solidarity no matter if we\u2019re here in Chicago or we\u2019re in Memphis, Tennessee. This is the same cause that affects us around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaker: Freedom all!\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crowd: Freedom now!\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaker: Freedom all!\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crowd: Freedom now!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kennedy Chase is a Video and Broadcast graduate student at Medill. You can connect her on <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kennedy-chase-075a2317a\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kennedy Chase Medill Reports In light of the recent murder of Tyre Nichols, for which five Memphis police officers have been charged, the Chicago Alliance along with other local organizations rallied together Jan. 30 in Federal Plaza in solidarity. 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