The parents of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old who died after being beaten by Memphis police during a traffic stop, have accepted an invitation to President Biden’s State of the Union address next month.
Police footage released Friday showed a group of officers pepper-spraying, using a stun gun on, punching and kicking Nichols, while others at the scene did nothing to stop them.
His death has renewed calls for policing reform legislation ahead of Biden’s Feb. 7 State of the Union address.
The family accepted the invitation of Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, to attend the speech, an official for the caucus confirmed on Twitter.
Biden also spoke by phone with Nichols’s parents last week.
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