THE LAWYER REPRESENTING TYRE NICHOLS' FAMILY, MR BEN CRUMP, HAS CALLED ON THE US CONGRESS TO PASS URGENT POLICE REFORM LEGISLATION IN THE WAKE OF HIS DEATH.

MR NICHOLS, WAS FATALLY BEATEN BY FIVE POLICE OFFICERS LASTWEEK.

SPEAKING TO US MEDIA, MR CRUMP URGED PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TO USE MR NICHOLS'S DEATH TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT.

HE SAID MR NICHOLS'S MOTHER WAS COPING WITH HER SON'S LOSS BY HOPING THAT HIS DEATH COULD LEAD TO CHANGE.

THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT WAS INTRODUCED IN 2021, AFTER MR FLOYD WAS KILLED BY A WHITE POLICE OFFICER KNEELING ON HIS NECK FOR MORE THAN NINE MINUTES. HIS DEATH SPARKED INTERNATIONAL PROTESTS.

THE BILL WOULD SEE A FEDERAL BAN ON THE USE OF CHOKEHOLDS BY POLICE AND MAKE IT EASIER TO BRING CHARGES AGAINST OFFENDING OFFICERS.