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Marc Perrusquia
Investigative Reporter
There are 111 articles by Marc Perrusquia :
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September 2019
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Premium
Real Estate
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May 2019
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Metro Recording interrogations is ‘something that should happen’
Bucking a nationwide movement, nine of 13 Southern states have no state law or court edict requiring police to video or audio record interrogations, according to recent studies.
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A RELUCTANCE TO RECORD
An investigation by the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis reveals MPD is a prominent outlier in a national movement among police departments to fully record the questioning of suspects during homicide investigations, making its detectives frequent targets for allegations of impropriety.
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April 2019
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Opinion Perrusquia: Conspiracy theory about MLK’s Memphis march skirts essential facts
As the story goes, FBI agents hired provocateurs to smash store windows and start a riot designed to embarrass King. A recent account includes civil rights photographer Ernest Withers in the plot, but there's no credible proof for the theories.
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February 2019
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Business POWER BROKER
As Franklin Haney tells it, his trouble started when President Donald Trump passed him a business tip. It came on an otherwise delightful night last spring as they dined at adjacent tables in Florida’s exclusive Mar-a-Lago resort.
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January 2019
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Metro Perrusquia: In an age of angst over police overreach, the recently filed surveillance lawsuit has broad implications
Ernest Withers aimed his camera through a bramble of twisting oak limbs, sharpening his focus on a home atop a small hill.
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December 2018
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Public Safety Searching for funding, MPD still not recording interrogations of murder suspects
As the Memphis Police Department struggles to catch up with a nationwide movement to reform interrogations, its failure to record lets an accused murderer go free.
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October 2018
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Breaking News
Public SafetyMPD releases names of 51 officers violating body camera policy, withholds details
The Memphis Police Department has released the names of 51 officers accused of violating the department’s body camera policy but is withholding specific details about the infractions. -
Public Safety Banks shooting pulls MPD into national fray over reliability, proper use of bodycams
One by one, police dashboard cameras malfunctioned that chilly night in Chicago.
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September 2018
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Metro Memphis Police Department’s response on interrogations
In response to weeks of questioning by Marc Perrusquia, director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting, about the Memphis Police Department’s long reluctance to record custodial interrogations, MPD spokeswoman Karen Rudolph released the following statements via email. The final statement repeated the Institute’s questions and provided answers. -
Metro Defense attorney questions memory, notes vs. recorded interrogation
During the murder trial last year of defendant Brandon Taylor, defense attorney Gregory Carman and Memphis Police Department homicide detective Fausto Frias engaged in a testy exchange.
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