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September 26, 2023: MEMPHIS, TN - A view of Memphis Towers where more than 160 residents live.
The 2023 ordinance was passed by the Memphis City Council in the months after Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was severely beaten by Memphis police during a traffic stop.
On January 7, 2023, Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old black man, was fatally injured by five black police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, and died three days later. The officers, all members of the Memphis Police Department (MPD) SCORPION [a] unit, pulled Nichols from his car before pepper spraying and tasering him. Nichols broke free and ran toward ...
MEMPHIS, TN - January 26, 2024: Denedra Levy’s children play in their yard in South Memphis. ... Code enforcement officers aren’t trained to look for lead paint or refer properties to Conway ...
Protests over the killing of Tyre Nichols (/ ˈ t aɪ. r i ˈ n ɪ k. ə l z / TY-ree) began on January 27, 2023, following the release of police body camera and surveillance footage showing five Black officers from the Memphis Police Department beating Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man.
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]
The lawsuit specifically cites Memphis and Shelby County’s enforcement of the law, pointing to the Memphis Police Department’s Organized Crime Unit conducting “decoy operations” to enforce ...
The Memphis Police Department was founded in 1827. [6] In 1878, the 55-man police department was devastated by the yellow fever epidemic with all 55 officers stricken, and 10 officers dying. [ 6 ] By 1927, the city's murder rate was 69.3 per 100,000 population, the highest in the country.