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Operation Stand Down is a United States non-profit organization providing social services to United States Armed Forces veterans, helping them transition into civilian life. It has chapters across the United States, with one in Nashville, Tennessee , among the most prominent.
Randall Allen Terry (born on April 25, 1959) [1] is an American politician and activist. Terry founded the anti-abortion organization Operation Rescue.Beginning in 1987, the group became particularly prominent for blockading the entrances to abortion clinics; Terry led the group until 1991.
Silent demonstrations of around 40 people protesting the murder of Floyd, the death of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, and the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, led to "verbal confrontations" with Memphis police and two counter-protesters from the Facebook group Confederate 901. [51] On May 27, protesters shut down Union Avenue near McLean Boulevard. [52]
Interim Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn "C.J." Davis said 12 people were arrested in the operation, and police seized multiple guns and drugs.
Shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday, a crowd of roughly 300 protesters walked up the Front Street ramp and onto the Hernando de Soto bridge. The protest was organized by Memphis Voices for Palestine and ...
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Operation Rescue was founded by Randall Terry in 1986. [1] The slogan of Operation Rescue was "If You Believe Abortion is Murder, Act like it's Murder." [2] Randall Terry stepped down as director of Operation Rescue in early 1990, appointing Keith Tucci as his successor to lead the national organization, then called Operation Rescue National (ORN).