Reaction to No Kings police response centers on city permit process

By , Daily Memphian Updated: April 03, 2026 1:15 PM CT | Published: April 03, 2026 12:24 PM CT

Memphis Mayor Paul Young talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the March 28 No Kings march that ended with Memphis Police pepper-spraying demonstrators.

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Behind The Headlines Paul Young No Kings march Indivisible Memphis American Civil Liberties Union Memphis Police Association 1978 consent decree

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Bill Dries

Bill Dries

Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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