VP Harris addresses mourners at Tyre Nichols' funeral

Vice President Kamala Harris said to Tyre Nichols’ mother and stepfather, “You have been extraordinary in terms of your strength, your courage and your grace.”

“Mothers around the world, when their babies are born, pray to God when they hold that child, that that body and that life will be safe,” Harris said. “Yet we have a mother and a father who mourn the life of a young man who should be here today. They have a grandson who now does not have a father.”

Nichols died in an "act of violence at the hands and the feet of the people who have been charged with keeping them safe," she said. "This violent act was not in pursuit of public safety."

She said passing The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is "non-negotiable."

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VP Harris speaks at Tyre Nichols’ funeral

“Tyre Nichols should have been safe,” Vice President Kamala Harris said at the service.

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Families of other Black Americans killed by police -- George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner and Botham Jean -- came to pay their respects at Wednesday’s funeral.

“They’ve come to be with you on this day from all over the country,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said.

Vice President Kamala Harris had a long embrace with Tyre Nichols’ mother, RowVaughn Wells, when she arrived at the service.

Harris is sitting next to Wells in the front pew.

-ABC News' Steph Wash

Tiffany Rachal, whose son, Jalen Randle, was shot and killed by an officer in Houston last year, said at Tyre Nichols’ funeral service, “I’m here to offer my condolence to you.”

“I pray that God heal your broken heart,” she said to Nichols' family. “We are fighting together. And all the mothers all over the world need to come together.”

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Fellow grieving mom offers condolences at Tyre Nichols’ funeral

Tiffany Rachal, whose son, Jalen Randle, was shot and killed by an officer in Houston last year, said, “I’m here to offer my condolence to you.”

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