Tyre Nichols to be laid to rest three weeks after deadly assault by police

The family of Tyre Nichols planned to lay him to rest on Wednesday, three weeks after he was beaten to death by Memphis police after a traffic stop (Matthew Hinton/AP)

The family of Tyre Nichols planned to lay him to rest on Wednesday, three weeks after he was beaten to death by Memphis police after a traffic stop.

In those three weeks, five police officers have been fired and charged with murder, and their specialised unit was disbanded.