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Memphis Police: 3 officers did not turn on body cameras during police shooting

By , Daily Memphian Updated: September 19, 2018 8:46 PM CT | Published: September 19, 2018 12:38 PM CT
<span><strong>Janice Banks (center) demands answers from Memphis police officers after her son, Martavious Banks was shot by an officer on Sept. 17 &nbsp;in South Memphis.</strong> (Yolanda Jones/Daily Memphian)</span>

Janice Banks (center) demands answers from Memphis police officers after her son, Martavious Banks was shot by an officer on Sept. 17 in South Memphis. (Yolanda Jones/Daily Memphian)

The Memphis Police Department said an officer who critically wounded a 25-year-old man in a shooting in South Memphis Monday night did not record the encounter because he and two other officers failed to turn on their body and in-car cameras during the incident.

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Frank Gottie Martavious Banks Memphis Police Department Tami Sawyer Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
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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