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<strong>Hope Chambers, the mother of Terrell Johnson, talks about the interrogation of her son by Memphis Police investigators. Terrell, now 21, was 17 when he falsely confessed to being a getaway driver in the 2013 slaying of contractor J.P. Shelley.&nbsp;<span>&ldquo;He just said, &lsquo;OK. I was in the car with them,&rsquo; &rsquo;&rsquo; recalled Chambers, who&nbsp; was escorted out of the Memphis Police Department interrogation room before her son confessed.&nbsp;</span></strong>(Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

A RELUCTANCE TO RECORD

MPD trails other law enforcement agencies in audio, video documentation of homicide interrogations

An investigation by the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis reveals MPD is a prominent outlier in a national movement among police departments to fully record the questioning of suspects during homicide investigations, making its detectives frequent targets for allegations of impropriety.


Trader Joe’s is here, it’s near and you need to get over there

After years of hopeful rumors followed by a confirmation then speculation and delay, Trader Joe’s is here, it’s near and you need to get over there. Anyone who was making the 400-mile round trip to the closest Trader Joe’s in Nashville can’t really complain too much about driving from Midtown or East Memphis when now we can travel a few miles out Poplar instead of hauling down I-40. It seems to have caught on already.

Calkins: An insider’s view of Memphis’ resounding win over Georgia State

At 4:43 p.m. Thursday afternoon, Memphis assistants Josh Storms (strength and conditioning) and Sherman Morris (director of recruiting), look at each other, realize they are sitting in the wrong places, stand up and swap seats. “He has to be on my right,” said Storms, as he settles into his place in the back of the conference room. “We do this every game. I’m not saying it has an impact on the result, but I’m not saying it doesn’t, either.”

From one Memphian to all the others: Welcome home

You’re reading the first issue of The Daily Memphian. This is no small thing. The people, the effort, the money and resources that had to come together to make this possible cannot be underestimated. But now we’re here.

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