There are 18 article(s) tagged Ed Stanton:

• June 2020

  • Court monitor, social media expert testify on first day of consent decree hearing

    The City of Memphis is seeking to modify the 1978 consent decree dealing governing police surveillance activities. A hearing on the request began Wednesday, June 17. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 17, 2020

• May 2020

  • Judge in consent decree case extends public comment period

    The public has until May 21 to submit comments about the  city's request to modify the 1978 Kendrick Consent Decree. 

    By Yolanda Jones May 11, 2020

• March 2020

  • Hearing over police consent decree canceled

    A hearing scheduled for Tuesday, March 17, over Memphis Police compliance with a consent decree has been canceled because of the coronavirus.

    By Yolanda Jones March 16, 2020

• February 2020

  • Third public forum to be held in Memphis police spy case

    Monitoring team to hold third public forum to discuss progress of court-ordered reforms against the Memphis Police Department in consent decree case. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 03, 2020

• November 2019

  • Monitoring team updates court on progress in consent decree case

    Ed Stanton, the court monitor, provided updates Thursday to the court on the progress the city is making to comply with sanctions imposed by U.S. District Judge Jon McCalla over its violation of the 1978 Kendrick consent decree.

    By Yolanda Jones November 21, 2019

  • John Ford’s candidacy for general sessions court clerk is a no-go, state officials say

    Convicted felon and former state senator John Ford has filed a petition to run for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk, but state officials say a judge's order concerning his bribery conviction while in office bars him from running.

    By Linda A. Moore November 20, 2019

  • Stanton marks end of clerk’s term and tenure with changes, goals, paper

    General Sessions Court Clerk Ed Stanton Jr. has a little less than a year left in office and will not seek re-election next year. Before his exit, Stanton says he has a few goals to accomplish.

    By Bill Dries November 17, 2019

  • Citizens question city’s bid to modify police consent decree during public hearing

    A Thursday forum on a consent decree forbidding political surveillance by Memphis police, and the city's request to modify it, drew plenty of concerns.

    By Yolanda Jones, Bill Dries November 08, 2019

  • Eddie Jones files for General Sessions Court Clerk on 2020 ballot

    Within days of General Sessions Court Clerk Ed Stanton telling his staff he would not seek re-election, one county commissioner has filed a petition for the clerk’s job.

    By Bill Dries November 06, 2019

  • Stanton reportedly passes on court clerk re-election bid

    The only countywide elected office on the ballot in 2020 will  be a race without an incumbent if Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk Ed Stanton does not seek re-election.

    By Bill Dries November 04, 2019

• August 2019

  • 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. 

    By Yolanda Jones August 28, 2019

• July 2019

  • 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. 

    By Natalie Van Gundy July 25, 2019

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries July 19, 2019

  • 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.

    By Yolanda Jones July 14, 2019

  • 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. 

    By Yolanda Jones July 02, 2019

• February 2019

  • 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.

    By Yolanda Jones February 18, 2019

• December 2018

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries December 27, 2018

• September 2018

  • 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.

    By Yolanda Jones September 17, 2018