Council gives final approval to five police reform ordinances despite Strickland memo
“They are going to do whatever they are going to do to Memphis regardless,” said Martavius Jones (right) about the state Legislature. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The most controversial ordinance barring police from low-level traffic stops was delayed Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Strickland administration opposed and questioned some of the measures in a four-page memo.
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