City loses appeal of City Hall blacklist damages
A federal appeals court has affirmed a jury’s award of $750,000 to a former city of Memphis employee who wound up on a list of people allowed in City Hall only if escorted by police. (Daily Memphian file)
The city’s list of those allowed in City Hall only with a police escort grew to 81 in a wave of protests in 2016 and 2017.
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