Vigil and speakout held in San Antonio to demand justice for Tyre Nichols

By Laynie Clark Managing Editor

On Saturday, Jan. 28, San Antonio’s chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) organized a vigil and speakout at Martin Luther King Plaza to demand justice for Tyre Nichols.

Nichols was pulled over on Jan. 7 by police officers in Memphis who stated that he was driving recklessly. Video surveillance shows the officers opening Nichols’ door and wrestling him to the ground as he says, “I didn’t do anything.” The footage shows Nichols breaking free and running in the direction of his mother’s home when the officers begin assault- ing him; he died three days later in the hospital.

Chris Banks, member and organizer of PSL, spoke out against the justice system.

“Ask yourself, where are the good cops,” Banks said. “Don’t talk to me about a good cop.

Your good cop means nothing if that cop ain’t speaking out …

Your good cop means nothing to me and nothing to us if they won’t stand with the people.

Tyre Nichols [was] beat to death on video; where are your good cops? There is no good cop in a racist system.”

Guest speaker Lloyd Kuykendoll shared his feelings on the importance of unity and community.

“... If you look around, you see different diversities,” Kuyk-