Collierville resident arrested during protest identified, released from police custody
Collierville authorities have identified 65-year-old Warren McDearman as the resident and counter-protester arrested Monday night.
Topic: protests
RSSThere are 23 article(s) tagged protests:
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September 2020
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One arrested as protesters gather in Collierville
Protesters gathered in Collierville's Town Square Park on Labor Day to ask town leaders to take action toward removing a Confederate monument.
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August 2020
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Collierville addresses Confederate relic in historic park
A relic in Collierville's Town Square Park – named so in 2017 – identifies the area as "Confederate Park," but the park never had that name, town officials said.
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July 2020
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TBI report details Brandon Webber’s final moments in a hail of police gunfire
TBI report paints a haunting portrait of Brandon Webber, but also poses troubling questions about law enforcement tactics behind his shooting death.
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Weirich speaks out after protesters gather outside her home
The Shelby County district attorney general said she believed in free speech, but “free speech does not give anyone the right to steal my flags and burn them on my property or to harass and intimidate my husband, children and neighbors.”
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Germantown Police intervene at Saddle Creek protest
Germantown Police were flagged down near Saddle Creek after counter-protesters arrived at a protest against racial inequality. One protester filed a report, and investigations will follow.
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June 2020
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‘Black Lives Matter’ painted on sidewalks near former Forrest statue site
Activists have painted Black Lives Matter on sidewalks surrounding the site where the statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest stood for decades before it was removed in 2017.
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Making sense of the protests in Memphis
This week on WKNO’s Behind the Headlines, Faith Morris, Chief Marketing and External Affairs Officer for the National Civil Rights Museum, and Archie Willis, President of ComCap Partners, discuss protests in Memphis with Bill Dries and host Eric Barnes.
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What it takes to be an upstander
Darnella Frazier, the 17-year-old who filmed the murder of George Floyd and who could be heard on the video calling out numerous times for the police to stop, has been called a bystander. She wasn’t in a position to save Floyd’s life, and yet her action was a spark that is changing the world.
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Calkins: Here is Penny Hardaway’s real statement about racial inequity – and it’s not the one he released
It’s good that Penny Hardaway released a statement in support of the protesters. But he didn't have to. This is why.
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Two events held as Collierville sees first demonstrations
Two events were held in Collierville Saturday. One was a protest outside a restaurant. The other was an informational rally at a local park.
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‘Enough is enough': Penny Hardaway to meet with city officials in wake of George Floyd
Memphis coach Penny Hardaway releases statement on the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery.
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Floyd protest Day 7 blog: Twin protests end peacefully at curfew
Two groups of protesters worked in at opposite ends of the city Tuesday night, one moving down Germantown Parkway from Shelby Farms, the other starting at I Am a Man Plaza Downtown. Both ended peacefully before curfew.
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Floyd protests Day 9: Spontaneous demonstration breaks out
No protest was planned for the evening of Thursday, June 4, 2020, but one occurred anyway after a civil disobedience class at the National Civil Rights Museum. The Daily Memphian followed events with photos, videos and stories.
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Floyd protest Day 8 gallery
Protests continued for the eighth day in Memphis on June 3, 2020, over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. These photos follow the event.
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Protesters block Germantown Parkway
A small group of protesters led by Darin Abston of the Memphis People Coalition started at Shelby Farms on Tuesday night and eventually blocked lanes of Germantown Parkway.
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Calkins: In a country roiled by violence, Memphis shows amazing grace
There's no right way to protest. But Tuesday in Memphis, several hundred protestors marched to Mason Temple and forged a moment of heartbreaking grace.
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Fifth night of Downtown protests erupts into scuffles with police and among crowd
As hundreds of protesters gathered Downtown Sunday evening and early Monday morning, there was more tension and more strategy than the previous four demonstrations in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. And some of the tension was among different camps of activists.
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May 2020
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Police arrest 8 following Downtown protests
“Some have asked why our officers were wearing riot gear protection,” Memphis Police Director Mike Rallings said in a Facebook statement. “I feel that this question is asked because some do not know all of the details."
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Peaceful protests turn tense
The latest in the series of four marches so far began Saturday from the National Civil Rights Museum and saw calls for action in the wake of George Floyd's death in police custody in Minneapolis. The Memphis march was peaceful. But hours later a smaller group of people clashed with police at Beale and Main after the entertainment district closed for the night.
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More than 200 gather Downtown in third night of George Floyd protest
A crowd that swelled to more than 200 gathered in Downtown Memphis for the third consecutive evening of local protests over the Minnesota death of George Floyd.
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Politics Podcast: The return to the familiar
A short podcast this week brings updates on several political topics, as non-COVID issues began to move back into prominence and an uneasy coexistence with the pandemic.
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Night of unrest sparks day of response
Everyone from Gov. Bill Lee to Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland to a coalition of other elected and community leaders spoke out Thursday, May 28, on the Wednesday night unrest over a Minnesota man’s death at the hands of police.
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