City, ACLU try to work out changes on surveillance consent decree
The ACLU requested a stay on the city’s previous motion asking the court to modify and/or vacate the 1978 consent decree that barred surveillance on political protesters. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian file)
Both sides in federal lawsuit over Memphis police surveillance request a year to work out differences outside of court ruling.
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Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
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