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Tennessee rep calls Memphis preemption bill worse than “overreach”
Tennessee Lookout via Yahoo News· 1 week agoA Memphis state representative is calling a preemption bill signed into law by the governor more...
Interim MPD chief said she enforced pretextual stop ordinance. Document shows otherwise
Gannett via AOL· 1 week agoThat confirmation came just a day after it was reported by MLK50 that former Mayor Jim Strickland...
Gillespie calling for AG opinion into MPD pretext stops
Eyewitness News Memphis· 7 days agoCity documents show that there is still confusion as to when Memphis Police Department officials...
FOX13 Investigates: Documents show ordinance not enforced until February
FOX 13 Memphis· 1 week agoDavis. In January, Davis was asked by city council whether or not her officers were enforcing the...
Republican governors Bill Lee and Spencer Cox say they want to forge alliance against partisan...
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAfter Nichols’ death, his parents advocated for local Memphis legislation to end traffic stops for...
Memphis legislator asks for AG opinion on MPD's still-existing pretextual stop policy
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoThe Memphis City Council in April 2023 passed a slate of police reform ordinances after Tyre Nichols...
Exclusive: Elizabeth Warren Unveils Bill To Boost Justice Department's Power To Hold Police...
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAnd on Jan. 7, 2023, Tyre Nichols, a Black man from Memphis, Tennessee, was allegedly beaten to...
To be a Black man in America
Daily Montanan via Yahoo News· 1 week agoThe summer after the world witnessed the brutal beating of Rodney King, I and a group of friends made our way to a nightclub in the southern part of Dade...
George Floyd's brother says he still has nightmares about his 2020 murder
CBS News· 4 days agoGeorge Floyd's family is still grieving, four years after he was murdered by a Minneapolis police...
George Floyd’s murder led to a national reckoning on policing, but efforts have stalled or reversed
NBC Universal via AOL· 3 days agoFour years ago, protests erupted across the country after millions of Americans watched the chilling...