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Activists continue to demand answers in wake of Memphis officer-involved shooting

By , Daily Memphian Updated: September 27, 2018 11:52 AM CT | Published: September 26, 2018 5:14 PM CT
<strong>Mario Denton (from left), pastor Steven Bradley and Jerricka Banks&nbsp;stand in front of the Memphis Police Association Wednesday, Sept. 26, to protest the Sept. 17 shooting of Martavious Banks. Michael Williams II, son of MPA president Michael Williams, was among the officers involved in the shooting.</strong> (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)

Mario Denton (from left), pastor Steven Bradley and Jerricka Banks stand in front of the Memphis Police Association Wednesday, Sept. 26, to protest the Sept. 17 shooting of Martavious Banks. Michael Williams II, son of MPA president Michael Williams, was among the officers involved in the shooting. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)

<strong>Janice Banks, mother of Martavious Banks, stands in front of the Memphis Police Association office Wednesday, Sept. 26, to protest her son being shot by a Memphis police officer Sept. 17.&nbsp;</strong><span>(Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)</span>

Janice Banks, mother of Martavious Banks, stands in front of the Memphis Police Association office Wednesday, Sept. 26, to protest her son being shot by a Memphis police officer Sept. 17. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)

As Martavious Banks remains on life support after being shot by a Memphis police officer Sept. 17, his family and activists marched to the Memphis Police Association office Wednesday afternoon after it was revealed that one of the officers involved in the shooting is the son of the head of the police union.

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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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