There are 11 article(s) tagged U.S. Attorney for the Western District:
President Donald Trump announced Murphy will replace Reagan Fondren in the post, according to U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee. Fondren was fired Thursday in a one-line email from not only the interim position but also as a Justice Department employee.
Ritz’s resignation follows his confirmation by the U.S. Senate Monday, Sept. 16, as a federal appeals court judge.
On Jan. 5, 2021, while Patric Ferguson while was on duty, he allegedly kidnapped and fatally shot Robert Howard in the head.
In July 2022, Charlie Gibson drove a car into a Shelby County Sheriff’s Office deputy who was responding to an assault call in Cordova.
Semi-automatic guns, handguns with no modifications and AR-15s shoot one bullet with each pull. But handguns with a conversion switch fire like fully automatic weapons.
“This new unit mobilizes every tool at our disposal to prosecuting hate-based crimes, civil rights violations, violent extremism, and related crimes,” said U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Kevin Ritz.
Switches, small steel or plastic squares that affix to a semi-automatic weapon and engage the firing pin, can make a gun capable of firing dozens of rounds of ammunition in seconds.
“Our federal investigation may take some time,” Ritz said. “These things often do. But we will be diligent, and we will make decisions based on the facts and the law.” Tyre Nichols suffered ‘extensive bleeding,’ independent autopsy reports Memphis City Council looks at police reforms in wake of Tyre Nichols’ deathRelated stories:
The United States Attorney’s Office, in coordination with the FBI Memphis Field Office and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, has opened a civil rights investigation into the death of Tyre Nichols.
President Joe Biden nominated Ritz for the position July 29, and the U.S. Senate confirmed him unanimously Sept. 22.
Ritz was recommended to the White House by U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis and succeeds Joe Murphy, who had been acting U.S. Attorney since February 2021.
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