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Family and civil rights leaders honored Tyre Nichols at a public funeral in Memphis

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Tyre Nichols' funeral was held Wednesday, roughly three weeks after he died following a beating by police that was caught on video and sparked protests and calls for accountability nationwide.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

In Memphis yesterday, his family and national figures honored Tyre Nichols. He died three days after Memphis police beat him on the street. Katie Riordan of our member station WKNO reports.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

UNIDENTIFIED MUSICAL ARTIST: (Singing) You are my strength.

KATIE RIORDAN, BYLINE²: Faith leaders, mourners and prominent civil rights activists³ filed into pews at the Mississippi Boulevard Christian⁴ Church Wednesday afternoon, their collective presence seeking to comfort the grieving family of Tyre Nichols.

KEYANA DIXON: On the night of January 7, my brother was robbed of his life, his passions and his talents, but not his light.

RIORDAN: That light, his sister Keyana Dixon and other loved ones say, followed him throughout his life, from an easygoing teenager who developed a passion for skateboarding to a 29-year-old adult and father known for his independent spirit and infectious grin. Here's Nichols' brother, Jamal Dupree.

JAMAL DUPREE: My brother really touched a lot of lives. He was a very solid individual. He was very peaceful. He was very respectful.

RIORDAN: A life cut unimaginably short, his mother RowVaughn Wells said.

ROWVAUGHN WELLS: The only thing that's keeping me going is the fact that I really, truly believe my son was sent here on an assignment from God (crying).

RIORDAN: An assignment seen by many to catalyze⁵ meaningful police reform.

BEN CRUMP: His legacy⁶ will be one of equal justice.

RIORDAN: Nationally known civil rights attorney Ben Crump said that Nichols' death has created a new precedent⁷ for taking action against law enforcement misconduct. In less than three weeks, local authorities fired and charged five officers with second-degree murder.

CRUMP: It will be the blueprint⁸ going forward.

RIORDAN: The Reverend Al Sharpton delivered Nichols' eulogy⁹. He, along with Vice¹⁰ President Kamala Harris, who sat next to Nichols' mother, called on lawmakers to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, aimed at increasing police accountability.

AL SHARPTON: Some of us are going to fight until we make this legislation happen. I don't know when. I don't know how. But we won't stop until we hold you accountable and change this system.

(CHEERING)

RIORDAN: Sharpton called himself a mountain climber, a reference to the speech Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the night before he was assassinated¹¹ in Memphis.

For NPR News, I'm Katie Riordan in Memphis.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

5 catalyze   

v.催化

参考例句：

• They are highly specific for the reactions that they catalyze.它们对被它们催化的反应有很强的专一性。
• They are highly specific for the reactions that they catalyze.它们对被它们催化的反应有很强的专一性。

6 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

7 precedent   

n.先例，前例；惯例；adj.在前的，在先的

参考例句：

• Is there a precedent for what you want me to do?你要我做的事有前例可援吗？
• This is a wonderful achievement without precedent in Chinese history.这是中国历史上亘古未有的奇绩。

8 blueprint   

n.蓝图，设计图，计划；vt.制成蓝图，计划

参考例句：

• All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。
• The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.文件内附有一张核装置的设计蓝图。

9 eulogy   

n.颂词；颂扬

参考例句：

• He needs no eulogy from me or from any other man. 他不需要我或者任何一个人来称颂。
• Mr.Garth gave a long eulogy about their achievements in the research.加思先生对他们的研究成果大大地颂扬了一番。

10 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

11 assassinated   

v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏

参考例句：

• The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
• Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句