Monitoring team meets with court over progress of MPD sanctions
Court gets update from monitoring team tasked with making sure Memphis Police Department complies with 40-year-old consent decree. Activists say city, police still have work to do.
Topic: Ed Stanton
There are 8 article(s) tagged Ed Stanton:
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August 2019
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July 2019
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Politics Podcast: Memphis police surveillance and compliance
Former U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton talks about his role as the court-appointed monitor in the federal court case barring Memphis police from conducting political surveillance on protesters.
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Stanton says monitoring of police surveillance ban comes with tension
The court-appointed monitor in the federal court case over police surveillance said on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast his team saw some possible issues in how police handled the aftermath of the Brandon Webber shooting last month in Frayser.
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Activists want community involved after public forum on MPD spy case
Community activists say they still feel they're being watched and harassed by law enforcement, while a monitoring team says it is trying to ensure Memphis police comply with court-ordered reforms.
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Monitoring team in MPD surveillance launch website, announce public forum
Monitoring team in MPD surveillance court case announces community forum, launches website where public can get updates on police reform efforts.
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February 2019
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Shelby County expungement practices questioned by Tennessee Supreme Court
The state Supreme Court agreed to give the Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk's office 30 days to draft a policy on how it handles expungement filings after his staff failed to handle a case properly.
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December 2018
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Stanton appointed monitor in MPD surveillance court case
Former U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton is the independent monitor who will report to U.S. District Judge Jon P. McCalla on steps the Memphis Police Department is taking to end surveillance of protesters after violating a 1978 consent decree barring such surveillance.
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September 2018
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Cost of traffic fines, fees limiting opportunities for thousands of Memphians
About 18,000 times each year, the state of Tennessee suspends the driver’s license of a Shelby County resident for failure to pay traffic fines and fees, according to data obtained by the nonprofit advocacy organization Just City. A disproportionate number of those drivers are black, making the fines a social justice issue, said Just City executive director Josh Spickler.
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