‘Just because he was brown': Advocates protest immigration policy
“They’re taking our aunts, our neighbors who have no criminal record. This (presidential) administration has criminalized being brown, being an immigrant.”
Aarron Fleming
Aarron Fleming covers public safety for The Daily Memphian. He began at The Daily Memphian in 2022, covering education before moving to public safety the following year. He is a graduate of the University of Memphis.
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Public SafetyFederal judge recuses self from two more cases
The federal judge who formerly presided over the criminal case of the five former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Tyré Nichols has recused himself in more cases involving attorneys on the Nichols case.
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Public Safety MPD identifies second victim in Memphis Rox shooting
Jarmond Johnson, 25, an employee at the local rock-climbing facility, was the other man killed.
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Public Safety Police arrest mother of man who allegedly brought gun to 201 Poplar
When officers came to arrest Dedrick Patterson at his home, they only found his father, who told officers his son had just left with his mother.
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Public Safety Memphians ‘starting to feel the difference’ as crime declines, top cop says
“While the data tells one part of the story, what matters is that people in our neighborhoods are starting to feel the difference in their homes,” Memphis Police Department Chief C.J. Davis said.
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Public Safety Man charged in Memphis Rox shooting that killed two
Farris Haley, 28, has been charged in a South Memphis double shooting Sunday, June 29, that killed a Memphis Rox employee.
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Public SafetyRetiring judge has ‘had enough’
Four people have applied to be appointed to the remainder of Judge Paula Skahan’s term, which ends in 2030.
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Public Safety Man arrested for allegedly bringing gun into 201 Poplar
Video shows the man, who was in a wheelchair, being checked with a metal detector wand by a security officer before being waved through the checkpoint.
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Public Safety Downtown shooting critically injures man
Officers responded to the shooting in the 200 block of Union Avenue at 11:34 p.m.
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Public Safety Recused judge in Nichols case in ‘completely uncharted’ territory
The federal judge formerly presiding over the Tyré Nichols case could be deposed over his recusal from the case earlier this month.
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Public Safety Police officer fatally shoots man in Parkway Village
At 5:48 a.m., officers responded to an armed party call at a Shell gas station at South Goodlett Street and Winchester Road.
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City of MemphisMan accused of trying to kidnap mayor had list of other officials’ names
The list was discovered in a storage unit the accused man, Trenton Abston, owns, according to testimony from a Memphis Police Department sergeant.
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Public SafetyWith state stretched thin, Memphis area pushes for local crime lab
Harris also told commissioners June 18 he is open to supporting a property tax increase to fund the lab.
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Public Safety Judge recusal adds turmoil to sentencing of former MPD officers
The former officers charged in Tyré Nichols’ death could now be sentenced as late as October, nearly a year after three of them — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith — were convicted at trial.
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Public Safety Federal sentencing hearings in Nichols’ death canceled
The U.S. District judge handling the case recused himself last week, though it’s still unclear why.
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Public Safety US Marshals arrest two Memphis shooting suspects in Murfreesboro
The two men were charged after an April shooting that left two teens dead.
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Public Safety Pervis Payne must serve life sentences one after the other, state supreme court rules
Pervis Payne, 58, was convicted in 1988 of stabbing to death Charisse Christopher, 28, and her 2-year-old daughter, Lacie.
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Public Safety Man dies after being shot by Memphis police officer
The shooting happened after police approached “a large group of individuals in the parking lot of a business,” according to TBI.
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Public Safety Juvenile detention center transfer to occur by October
Control of the Shelby County Youth Justice and Education Center will shift from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office to the Shelby County Division of Corrections.
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Public Safety Judge recuses himself in Tyré Nichols case
A federal judge has recused himself in the case of the five former Memphis police officers charged in the 2023 death of Tyré Nichols.
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Public Safety‘Leaks, rust, mildew’ — Study highlights 201 Poplar conditions, suggests new locations
A new study shows potential locations for a new Shelby County Jail and highlights the deteriorating conditions of the current facility at 201 Poplar Avenue.
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Public Safety Former cop convicted in Tyré Nichols case gets sentencing date delay
Desmond Mills Jr. was originally scheduled to be sentenced on federal charges June 17, but that date has been pushed to June 23.
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Public Safety Trial date set for codefendants in Ghost Mob gang killing
The case began with the Jan. 10, 2019, murder of the “supreme elite chief” of the Unknown Vice Lords Ronald Terry and his girlfriend, Candid Sanders.
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Public Safety Former cop convicted in Tyré Nichols case wants sentencing date delayed
The former officer pleaded guilty in federal court in November 2023 to using excessive force against Nichols and conspiring to witness tamper after his beating. He also agreed to plead guilty to some of his charges in state court.
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Public Safety DOJ dismissal won’t affect civil suit, Nichols family attorney says
Attorney Ben Crump made his remarks at a celebration for what would have been Tyré Nichols’ 32nd birthday at I Am A Man Plaza in Downtown Memphis.
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