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The deaths of Cole and Walker proved to be the catalyst for the Memphis sanitation strike. On February 11, ten days after their deaths, union Local 1733 held a strike meeting where over 400 workers complained that the city refused to provide decent wages and working conditions. The workers wanted immediate action but the city refused. [7]
After Nichols's death, Chief Davis called for a review of the SCORPION unit, [37] [119] and the unit was disbanded on January 28. [120] [121] In the weeks after Nichols's death, The Institute for Public Service Reporting in Memphis reviewed reports that appear to show SCORPION units engaged in "zero-tolerance" or "proactive policing"-type ...
The shootings began at around 12:56 a.m., when a man was found fatally shot on Lyndale Avenue. [1] At 4:38 p.m., another man was found fatally shot on South Parkway East.
Prosecutors in the Young Dolph murder trial Monday morning alleged that Big Jook, Yo Gotti's older brother, placed a $100,000 hit out on Young Dolph before his 2021 killing. The allegation came ...
The five Memphis Police officers fired in the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died three days after a traffic stop earlier this month, were behind bars on Thursday.
A Piperton area pastor is dead and family members say his wife is in critical condition after a car crash in Southaven Tuesday. ... A Memphis native, Bobby Mullins previously served as national ...
West Memphis, Arkansas, U.S. [1] Died: September 16, 2016 (aged 70) Memphis ... He continued working around the Memphis area until the time of his death. Death
Memphis Police Department (MPD) officers Ray Schwill and Bobby Hester were called to the house after which a confrontation ensued and Hester was taken hostage by men inside the house. After a 30 hour standoff, an MPD SWAT team stormed the house and opened fire, killing all seven captors, after which Hester was found beaten to death. The MPD's ...