Black clergy oppose police residency referendum as insufficient

By , Daily Memphian Updated: July 07, 2020 3:29 PM CT | Published: July 07, 2020 3:28 PM CT

African American clergy call for residency requirement for public safety to be taken off the November ballot. They don't think the measure will help bring about the police reform for which they are pushing. 

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police reform J. Lawrence Turner Rosalyn Nichols Earle J. Fisher Memphis Police Department
Yolanda Jones

Yolanda Jones

Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.

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