California Skate Park Named In Honor Of Tyre Nichols, Black Motorist Fatally Beaten In Police Traffic Stop

By Melissa Noel ·Updated June 13, 2023

A skate park in California has been named in honor of Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist who was killed in January in what prosecutors said was a fatal beating by police in Tennessee during a traffic stop.

Nichols, who was an avid skateboarder, spent much time as a youth at the park on the outskirts of Sacramento. City officials and others held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for

Melissa Noel
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