'This is beautiful': Art event held in honor of Tyre Nichols
Family and friends gathered together Friday to celebrate the life of Sacramento native Tyre Nichols. Friday, family and friends gathered in Sacramento, California to celebrate the life of Sacramento native Tyre Nichols. The event was held in his honor to remember him and honor his legacy, and Nichols' sister Keyana Dixon said it "turned my world upside down" when she asked if she could do something to honor him every day of her life. Nichols was on his way home from taking pictures of the sky when Memphis police pulled him over on January 7 when he was killed in what authorities have described as a brutal attack by five Memphis police officers. The images seen Friday at the event were some of his favorites, picked out by his family. The help from the community, the help from everybody, and the help of others to lean on for Nichols have been seen as important in his recovery.
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Family and friends gathered together Friday to celebrate the life of Sacramento native Tyre Nichols.
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Friday, an art event was held in his honor to remember him and honor his legacy.
"[It] turned my world upside down," said Keyana Dixon, Nichols' sister. "One day I was sitting on my bed, just crying and crying and I said 'if I could do something to honor him every day of my life, that would be the only way I could live through this.'"
"That has helped me a lot with creating a foundation and making sure that it's tailored to the things he loved while helping others," said Dixon.
On most weekends, Nichols would head to the city park, train his camera on the sky and wait for the sun to set.
The images seen Friday at the event were some of his favorites — picked out by his family.
In the words of his sister, this is just how we would want to be remembered.
"This is awesome, this is beautiful, he's smiling from ear to ear," she said.
"Tonight is so important as part of Tyre's life and legacy," she said. "Photography was a huge part of his life and a part of how he saw the world."
Nichols was on his way home from taking pictures of the sky January 7 when Memphis police pulled him over.
He was just a few minutes from the home he shared with his mother and stepfather when he was killed in what authorities have described as a brutal attack by five Memphis police officers.
For Nichols' family, coping with their loss hasn't been easy, but having others to lean on has meant everything.
"The help from the community, the help from everybody, I just think coming together for him has been so beautiful, even under this tragic situation," said Dixon.