There are 14 article(s) tagged Martavious Banks:

• January 2021

  • Martavious Banks settles police shooting lawsuit for $200,000

    The city settled a civil lawsuit filed by Martavious Banks, who was shot by a police officer during a chase and traffic stop in 2018. Some officers in the case turned off their body cameras during the incident. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 21, 2021

• November 2020

  • Weirich releases video in police shooting of Martavious Banks

    Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich has released body camera videos of the 2018 police shooting of Martavious Banks. 

    By Yolanda Jones November 19, 2020

• September 2019

  • Martavious Banks files $10 million federal lawsuit against city, officers

    Martavious Banks, 26, shot by Memphis police during a traffic stop, has filed a $10 million civil lawsuit in federal court against the officers and the city. The suit claims excessive force was used during the incident and that his constitutional rights were violated. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 18, 2019

• August 2019

  • Martavious Banks, man shot by police, pleads guilty to evading arrest

    Martavious Banks, shot by a Memphis police officer in 2018, pleaded guilty to evading officers and possession of a gun. He was placed on probation for two years. 

    By Yolanda Jones August 29, 2019

• May 2019

  • DA will not seek charges against officers in Martavious Banks shooting

    Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich announced in a statement Friday she is not seeking criminal charges against any of the four Memphis police officers in the shooting of Martavious Banks last September.

    By Omer Yusuf May 10, 2019

• February 2019

  • Memphis Police officer who shot Martavious Banks resigns; three others suspended

    The Memphis police officer who shot and critically injured Martavious Banks in September has resigned, while two other officers and a lieutenant have received suspensions ranging from five to 20 days.

    By Yolanda Jones February 22, 2019

• October 2018

  • Man shot by Memphis police officer awake and talking, his attorney says

    Martavious Banks, the man shot Sept. 17 by a Memphis police officer, is awake and talking about the night he was critically wounded, an attorney representing him said during a press conference Thursday.

    By Yolanda Jones October 11, 2018

  • 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.

    By Marc Perrusquia October 08, 2018

• September 2018

  • Activists continue to demand answers in wake of Memphis officer-involved shooting

    As Martavious Banks remains on life support after being shot by a Memphis police officer Sept. 17, his family and activists marched to the Memphis Police Association office Wednesday afternoon after it was revealed that one of the officers involved in the shooting is the son of the head of the police union.

    By Yolanda Jones September 27, 2018

  • Police name 3 officers in Banks shooting

    Memphis police released the names Wednesday, Sept. 26, of the three officers involved in the Sept. 17 South Memphis traffic stop and shooting of Martavious Banks.

    By Yolanda Jones September 26, 2018

  • Strickland pledges to get to bottom of officer-involved shooting

    Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland addressed the city Friday morning, saying there have been 40 incidents in which the Memphis Police Department investigated and disciplined officers for violating policies surrounding the use of body and vehicle cameras, vowing to get “to the bottom of this” shooting of 25-year-old Martavious Banks.

    By Bill Dries September 21, 2018

  • Mother of shooting victim calls for federal investigation, arrest of officers

    The mother of Martavious Banks, the man shot by Memphis police on Monday evening, stood on the street where he was shot earlier this week and demanded the names of the officers who critically wounded her son and that they be arrested.

    By Yolanda Jones September 20, 2018

  • State Rep. Hardaway to revive legislation on officer-involved shooting investigations

    With questions surrounding the shooting of Martavious Banks by a Memphis Police officer, state Rep. G.A. Hardaway is set to renew legislation requiring the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to take control of officer-involved shooting probes.

    By Sam Stockard September 20, 2018

  • Memphis Police: 3 officers did not turn on body cameras during police shooting

    The Memphis Police Department said an officer who critically wounded a 25-year-old man in a shooting in South Memphis Monday night did not record the encounter because he and two other officers failed to turn on their body and in-car cameras during the incident.

    By Yolanda Jones September 19, 2018