MPD stop of 18-year-old driver prompts calls for further reform
“Clearly those enshrined with the duty to serve and protect failed to do that by every metric,” said local activist Richard Massey, right, seen here at a Tyre Nichols protest in February. (Brad Vest/The Daily Memphian file)
After a recent altercation between MPD officers and an 18-year-old driver, local activists are now calling for further police reforms.
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Aarron Fleming covers Memphis and Shelby County’s court system and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. He formerly covered education and earned his B.A. in journalism from the University of Memphis.
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