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What happens now that TN Gov. Lee signed bill barring local traffic stop police reforms?
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoOver a year after Tyre Nichols — a 29-year-old Black motorist — was fatally beaten by officers with...
Memphis police officer killed during shootout with teens, one of whom was recently released
Fox News· 2 weeks agoA Memphis, Tennessee, police officer and an 18-year-old male suspect were killed during an early...
'Chaos and confusion': Memphis police union to file countersuit in ongoing rank dispute
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoSo there's one way forward there." Lucas Finton is a criminal justice reporter with The Commercial...
District attorney says Memphis police officer may have been killed by friendly fire
Associated Press· 5 days agoMcKinney and an 18-year-old man, identified as Jaylen Lobley, were killed in a shootout that...
Jury convicts Memphis, Tennessee, man of raping a woman a year before jogger’s killing
Associated Press· 2 weeks agoAccording to The Daily Memphian, the jury’s Friday decision found Abston guilty on three counts of...
Civil rights attorney demands footage in fatal police chase, but city lawyer says none exists
Associated Press· 7 days agoCivil rights attorney Ben Crump demanded Tuesday that police in a small town in Mississippi release...
Reform Rollbacks May Lead to Another Rise in Mass Incarceration
Capital B via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoLaNaisha Edwards was 15 when she started going to funerals in the mid-1990s. By her senior year,...
Fla. Gov. DeSantis signs controversial laws limiting oversight of police
UPI· 1 week agoFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed two controversial bills that limit the scope of civilian...
Deadly Chicago traffic stop where police fired 96 shots raises serious questions about use of force
WIVB Buffalo· 2 weeks agoCHICAGO (AP) — A deadly traffic stop where plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100...
Former Mississippi police officers sentenced in kidnapping, torture of Black men
Courthouse News Service· 2 weeks agoThe crimes began when the former officers responded to a call that two Black men were “staying with”...