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National Guard patrolling in Memphis
October 10, 2025
National guard troops patrolled in Tennessee's second-largest city Friday hours after being ordered to stand down in Illinois.
September 29, 2025
From Chicago to Portland, residents and leaders argue federal crackdowns undermine local safety and trust in law enforcement.
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September 12, 2025
This deployment is unjust, unconstitutional, and un-American!" said Tennessee State Rep. Justin J. Pearson of Trumo's deployment.
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December 16, 2024
Sometimes engaging in offensive Christmas shenanigans because you can is all the reason you need as a youth.
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December 6, 2024
The fatal beating of Tyre Nichols exposed serious problems in the Memphis police department, from excessive force to mistreatment of…
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December 5, 2024
“The people of Memphis deserve a police department and city that protects their civil and constitutional rights, garners trust and
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September 11, 2024
Prosecutors and defense lawyers are slated to address a jury for the first time in the death of Nichols, which…
July 27, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday it is investigating the patterns or practices of the police department in Memphis,…
Martin Luther King Jr. - MLK Day 2024
April 4, 2023
If King were alive, he would be fighting to protect affirmative action, and conservatives who revere him now would be…
Martin Luther King Jr. -- MLK Day 2024
April 4, 2023
Community members in Memphis say its local leadership has failed to commit to the things Dr. King fought and died…
March 3, 2023
Two Memphis Fire Department emergency medical technicians were fired and had their licenses suspended for failing to give aid to Tyre…
Tyre Nichols civil rights investigation
February 17, 2023
Five ex-Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty to second-degree murde in the arrest and death of Tyre Nichols.
February 16, 2023
Jeremy Watkins and Johntavious Bowers violated multiple policies after they reported to the site of Nichols' violent arrest, the sheriff…
February 12, 2023
The Memphis Fire Fighters Association came to the defense of the fire department as a whole over fallout from Tyre…
February 11, 2023
A charitable foundation on Friday named a canopy at a Memphis park for Tyre Nichols, who was known to enjoy taking…
Justice for Tyre Nichols
February 7, 2023
Another deputy in Tennessee has been relieved of duty as officials investigate the police beating that killed Tyre Nichols.
February 4, 2023
The Memphis police chief has called Nichols’ death “heinous, reckless and inhumane.” The five officers were charged with second-degree murder.
February 4, 2023
The Memphis Police Department fired Preston Hemphill on Friday after determining he violated policies in the deadly arrest of Tyre…
January 29, 2023
Tyre Nichols' death is the latest example of how early police accounts have minimized or ignored violent and sometimes deadly…
Memphis, Tenn., Police Officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Emmitt Martin III
January 28, 2023
OPINION: Even before the world saw officers for the American descendants of slave catchers lynch Tyre Nichols, people wondered how…