Tyre Nichols, who cherished to skateboard, may quickly have his identify emblazoned on skate parks in Memphis and Sacramento … TMZ has realized.
A rep for the City of Memphis tells TMZ … leaders are having preliminary conversations about naming a park after Tyre. Mayor Jim Strickland is floating the concept to the City Council.
We’re advised the Mayor and City Council are assembly Friday to debate plans, together with whether or not they’ll construct a brand new park in Tyre’s honor, or rename an present one.
Since Tyre’s tragic loss of life, movies have been circulating on-line of him exhibiting off his skateboarding abilities. Most of the footage is from his time in Sacramento, CA earlier than transferring to Memphis.
Tim Swanson, media and communications supervisor for the City of Sacramento, tells TMZ … councilmember Lisa Kaplan, Mayor Darrell Steinberg and City employees are working with Tyre’s household to discover the most effective methods to honor his legacy, which may embody renaming a skate park after him.
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Tyre’s dad and mom are crowdfunding a memorial fund, and his mother says she’d like to make use of a number of the cash to construct a memorial skate park for Tyre.
This is who Tyre Nichols was — a proficient and devoted skateboarder with SO a lot life left to dwell… He didn’t need to be tragically taken from his household and group! We will proceed to struggle for accountability for you Tyre! #JusticeForTyreNichols pic.twitter.com/hYwMnRRZEA
— Ben Crump (@LawyerCrump) January 23, 2023
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Tony Hawk, probably the most well-known skateboarder of all time, donated to Tyre’s memorial fund and shared a video of him skating … and it seems plenty of of us need to see him remembered with a skate park.