There are 20 article(s) tagged protests:

• July 2020

  • 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.

    By Marc Perrusquia July 13, 2020

  • 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.”

    By Yolanda Jones July 06, 2020

  • 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.

    By Abigail Warren July 04, 2020

• June 2020

  • ‘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. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 25, 2020

  • 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. 

    By Eric Barnes June 13, 2020

  • 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.

    By Marti Tippens Murphy June 11, 2020

  • 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. 

    By Geoff Calkins June 09, 2020

  • 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.

    By Abigail Warren June 09, 2020

  • ‘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. 

    By Geoff Calkins June 09, 2020

  • 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.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 05, 2020

  • 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. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 04, 2020

  • 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. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 03, 2020

  • 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.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 03, 2020

  • 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. 

    By Geoff Calkins June 03, 2020

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries June 01, 2020

• May 2020

  • 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."

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 31, 2020

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries, Drew Hill May 31, 2020

  • 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. 

    By Yolanda Jones May 30, 2020

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries May 30, 2020

  • 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.

    By Yolanda Jones, Sam Stockard May 28, 2020