TBI report details Brandon Webber’s final moments in a hail of police gunfire
Report helped vindicate officers, but it also poses troubling questions about their actions
Memphis police maintained a perimeter around the crime scene on June 12, 2019, after protesters took to the streets of Frayser after the shooting of Brandon Webber by U.S. Marshals earlier in the evening. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian file)
TBI report paints a haunting portrait of Brandon Webber, but also poses troubling questions about law enforcement tactics behind his shooting death.
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officer-involved shooting police brutality U.S. Marshals Brandon Webber protests Memphis protestsMarc Perrusquia
Marc Perrusquia is the director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis, where graduate students learn investigative and explanatory journalism skills working alongside professionals. He's won numerous state and national awards for government watchdog, social justice and political reporting. Follow the Institute on Facebook or Twitter @psr_memphis.
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