The American Dream of homeownership is still far out of reach for many Black Americans. In Memphis, a city where 64% of the population is Black, the homeownership rate for Black families is 44% according to the U.S. Census Bureau. For white families, it’s 74%.
Tyre Nichols brother told a California television station that he wishes death upon the five Memphis police officers accused of beating his brother to death.
A lawyer for the family of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died at a hospital three days after a confrontation with Memphis police during a traffic stop earlier this month, said Monday that video of the encounter shows it was "violent" and "troublesome on every level."