Maeve Higgins: Is Kamala Harris’ VP role a route to the top or a poisoned chalice?

Presence of a US vice president at the funeral of an unarmed black man shot dead by police speaks volumes about her humanity and understanding — but her future role in politics is unclear

Rev Al Sharpton listens as US vice president Kamala Harris speaks during the funeral service for Tyre Nichols at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church last month. Picture: Andrew Nelles-Pool/Getty Images

The most devastating part of Tyre Nichols’ funeral was how familiar the spectacle was.

A black man in a coffin, killed by the police, even though he posed no threat to them or anyone else. A shattered family weeping as they tried to remember their son and father as he lived and not as he died.