When TYRE Nichols’ parents learned of his passing, devastation struck.RowVaughn Wells, the mother of the deceased victim, claims that neighbourhood cops “beat” her son “like a piata.”
Who Are RowVaughn Wells and Rodney Wells? Tyre Nichols’ parents
RowVaughn Wells, Tyre Nichols’ mother, and Rodney Wells, his stepfather, are still alive.
Tyre’s parents have spoken out in his honour since his death at the age of 29.
RowVaughn said the following to reporters during a press conference: “I am aware that everyone claims to have a good son, and that all sons are good. However, my son was genuinely a good boy.
“This shouldn’t happen to any mothers. I am not pregnant and I will never be pregnant.
“My son was a beautiful soul and he touched everyone. Nobody’s perfect but he was damn near.
“Does that sound like somebody that the police said did all these bad things?”
During a sitdown with Don Lemon and CNN, she expressed: “He just had a beautiful soul and he touched a lot of people.
“I’ll never get a hug from my son again, I won’t get anything from my son again just because some officers decided they wanted to do harm to my son.
“I’m still trying to understand all of this and trying to wrap my head around all of this. It’s still like a nightmare right now.”
What was Tyre’s cause of death?
Tyre passed away on January 10, 2023, as a result of wounds he received in a “use-of-force encounter with officers” that left him with “extensive bleeding brought on by a brutal beating.”
Tyre was transferred to a nearby hospital following an altercation between him and five Memphis Police Department officers on Saturday, January 7, a few days earlier.
Five police officers were detained on January 26, 2023, in relation to Tyre’s passing.
The officers who were charged with counts of kidnapping, second-degree murder, and misconduct are:
- Justin Smith
- Emmitt Martin III
- Desmond Mills Jr
- Demetrius Haley
- Tadarrius Bean
When RowVaughn recalled the day of her son’s death to the above-mentioned outlet, she remembered: “The doctor proceeded to tell me that my son had gone into cardiac arrest and that his kidneys were failing.
“This doesn’t sound consistent to somebody being tased or pepper sprayed,” calling back to what police initially told her.
“When my husband and I got to the hospital and I saw my son, he was already gone. They had beat him to a pulp.
“He had bruises all over him, his head was swollen like a watermelon.
“His neck was busting because of the swelling. They broke his neck, my son’s nose looked like an S.”
The grieving mother explained: “They actually just beat the crap out of him.
“Even if he did live, he would have been a vegetable. They beat my son like a piñata.
“Now that I’m actually putting things together, I believe they were trying to cover it up when they first came to my door.
“I knew something wasn’t right. I just didn’t understand why they stopped my son in the first place.”
