The DOJ found that the Memphis Police Department committed a host of civil rights violations, including using excessive force, making illegal traffic stops and disproportionately targeting Black people in the majority Black city.
Tennessee Firearms Association sues Memphis over gun referendum measures
Tennessee’s most powerful gun lobbying organization is suing Memphis over recently passed measures to restrict guns.
NashVillager Podcast: Putting the ‘big’ in Big Tech
Why does Elon Musk’s Memphis AI facility need so much power, anyway? Plus the local news for November 14, 2024.
Mixed verdict for 3 Memphis officers convicted in Tyre Nichols’ fatal beating
Three former Memphis police officers have been convicted in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, but were acquitted of the harshest charges they faced.
A former officer texted a photo of the bloodied Tyre Nichols to his ex-girlfriend
A former Memphis police officer charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols sent his ex-girlfriend a photo of the badly injured man on the night he was punched, kicked and hit with a police baton following a traffic stop, according to trial testimony Wednesday. Brittany Leake, a Memphis officer and Demetrius Haley’s former girlfriend, testified during the criminal […]
Gun control initiatives to be left off Memphis ballot after GOP threat to withhold funds
Election officials in Memphis have decided to leave three gun control questions off the November ballot after top Republican state leaders threatened to withhold tens of millions of dollars in state funding.
Tennessee Republicans tell Memphis to abandon gun reform or risk funding cuts
In a joint statement, House Speaker Cameron Sexton and Senate Speaker Randy McNally said that the legislature “will not tolerate any attempts to go rogue and perform political sideshows.”
A 2nd ex-Memphis officer pleads guilty to civil rights violations in the killing of Tyre Nichols
Prosecutors recommended Friday that Emmitt Martin spend 40 years in prison for his part in Nichols’ killing.
NashVillager Podcast: Going backwards on disease prevention
Why are HIV and syphilis on the rise among teens in one Tennessee city? Plus the local news for August 13, 2024.
Tennessee will remove HIV-positive people convicted of sex work from violent sex offender list
HIV-positive people who were convicted in Tennessee of sex work under a decades-old aggravated prostitution law will no longer be required to face a lifetime registration as a “violent sex offender” under a lawsuit settlement finalized last week.
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