MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Thursday would have been Tyre Nichols’ 32nd birthday. To mark the occasion, his loved one and supporters rallied in his honor at I am a Man Plaza. Nichols died at the hands of Memphis police officers in January 2023. A series of trials surrounding his death are ongoing, and his family is still reeling from the acquittals of three of the officers last month. RowVaughn Wells, Nichols’ mother, told the crowd she had pain in her stomach all week, thinking about what her son’s birthday would have been like if he was still alive. Now, she said, she just wants to remember the happy times. “Today, when I woke up, that pain just went away,” Wells said. “I don’t know if that was my son just telling me, ‘Mama, let’s just celebrate the day.’” In May, three of the officers

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