President of firefighters union defends department in Tyre Nichols case
Memphis Firefighters Association head Thomas Malone came to the defense of the department Friday. “There are over 1,600 employees of the Memphis Fire Department who serve this city and its citizens with purpose and intent each and every day,” he said. (Brad Vest/The Daily Memphian file)
The head of the union representing city firefighters defended the department’s employees in a letter to City Council members.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He began his journalism career at the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he covered business and, later, K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on Elon Musk’s xAI, regional energy needs and how Memphis and Shelby County government spend taxpayer dollars.
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