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    Journalists sue Memphis Shelby Crime Commission over public records access

    Marshall Project and MLK50 journalists file lawsuit against the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission after they were denied access to records they say should be open to the public. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 08, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Memphis police oversight board calls bill to limit power of groups ‘over reaching’

    Memphis' civilian review board wants to challenge proposed state legislation that would restrict the power of police oversight boards.

    By Yolanda Jones February 07, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Personnel files show history of Memphis police officers involved in fatal Whitehaven shooting

    Personnel files of three Memphis police officers involved in a fatal Whitehaven shooting Jan. 2 shed light on their work history with the department. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 06, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Officers identified in fatal shooting of 20-year-old man in Whitehaven

    Brandon Jones, Carlos Donaldson and Timothy Hamilton have been identified by authorities as the three Memphis police officers in the deadly shooting of a 20-year-old man in Whitehaven on Jan. 2. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 02, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Darrius Stewart case: Judge denies motion for appeal, trial set for Feb. 25

    Federal judge on Friday denied a motion by Darrius Stewart’s attorneys to file an appeal on the ruling that dismissed the city of Memphis from civil lawsuit. The Feb. 25 trial is set to proceed in the case, and Stewart’s attorneys said they may then file appeals in the case. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 01, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Attorneys for Darrius Stewart’s family to appeal ruling dismissing city from lawsuit

    Attorneys representing the family of Darrius Stewart plan to appeal the ruling dismissing the city of Memphis from the federal civil lawsuit. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 31, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Activists outraged after man in paper jumpsuit released into frigid temperatures

    A man in a paper jumpsuit outside 201 Poplar is raising questions in the minds of social justice advocates.

    By Yolanda Jones January 31, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Memphis home dialysis clinic to pay $3M in anti-kickback settlement

    An East Memphis home dialysis clinic will pay more than $3 million to settle claims it violated federal and state anti-kickback laws.

    By Kate Crawford January 29, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Judge in Darrius Stewart civil rights lawsuit: Officer’s use of deadly force was ‘not reasonable’

    The federal judge in the civil rights lawsuit brought by Darrius Stewart's parents says former Memphis Police officer Connor Schilling was not in “serious danger” the night of the shooting and his use of deadly force was “not reasonable.”

    By Yolanda Jones January 29, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Federal judge dismisses city from Darrius Stewart civil suit

    Court documents show the city of Memphis has been removed as a defendant from a civil suit filed by the mother of 19-year-old Darrius Stewart, who was killed in an officer-involved shooting in 2015. But the police officer who killed Stewart remains a defendant in the suit. 

    By Jared Boyd January 26, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Violent crimes down in Memphis, Shelby County

    Violent crimes – murders, rapes, aggravated assaults and robberies – dropped in Memphis and Shelby County in 2018, according to data released by the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission Friday. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 28, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Attorneys ask for change of venue in Lorenzen Wright murder case

    Attorneys for Sherra Wright have asked the court to bring in a jury from Davidson County to hear the murder case, fearing their client can not get a fair jury in Memphis. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 24, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Shelby County officials hire data expert to examine inequality issues at juvenile court

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael agreed to hire one of the nation's leading juvenile justice statistician to dissect data at the court and find issues involving minority children.

    By Yolanda Jones January 23, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Five officers suspended after disturbance at juvenile detention center

    The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said a disturbance that resulted in $3,500 to $5,000 in damages at the juvenile detention center led to five corrections officers being suspended last week.

    By Yolanda Jones January 16, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Civil trial in Darrius Stewart fatal shooting set to start Feb. 25

    The family of Darrius Stewart filed a civil rights lawsuit against the City of Memphis, the officer who killed the 19-year-old and the former head of the Memphis Police Department. The trial is set to start next month in federal court. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 11, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Criminal Court Clerk Heidi Kuhn explores expungement court docket

    Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk Heidi Kuhn is reviewing the idea of an expungement court docket to speed the process of wiping clean the criminal records of offenders who have stayed out of trouble for five years. 

    By Bill Dries January 10, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Sawyer says discussion on Juvenile Court must shift from employees to systems

    Shelby County Commissioners Tami Sawyer and Mark Billingsley appeared on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast to talk about juvenile justice reform. 

    By Omer Yusuf January 11, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Charges dismissed in hoodie incident at Wolfchase Galleria

    Charges have been dropped in a "hoodie arrest" incident at Wolfchase Galleria last year, with the two men charged ordered to pay court costs. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 10, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Shelby County Juvenile Court changes defense procedure after DOJ report

    Shelby County Juvenile Court staff members will no longer select defense attorneys for juvenile detainees, Mayor Lee Harris’ office announced Tuesday.

    By Omer Yusuf January 08, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Monitoring team overseeing MPD surveillance court case to launch website

    A new website will give the public a chance to weigh in on the city's progress in meeting court-ordered reforms resulting from its violation of the 1978 consent decree over political surveillance.

    By Yolanda Jones January 08, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Memphis homicides up 5 percent in 2018

    Memphis reported 184 homicides in 2018, eight more than in 2017. The 5 percent increase is less than the record number of homicides in 2016, but authorities said one homicide is too many. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 07, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Shelby County will not enforce new immigration law

    A new Tennessee immigration law on the books for two days is already facing a challenge from Shelby County officials, who say the new measure is “unenforceable and unconstitutional” because of its “vagueness” and would not be applied locally.

    By Yolanda Jones and Omer Yusuf January 04, 2019
  • Breaking News Public Safety

    TBI: 20-year-old man killed in Memphis officer-involved shooting

    A 20-year-old man is dead after he was shot by Memphis police officers Wednesday night in Whitehaven during a domestic violence incident, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Memphis Police Department said.

    By Yolanda Jones January 03, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Federal government shutdown impacts Tennessee immigration court in Memphis

    The partial government shutdown is impacting Tennessee's only immigration court – located in Memphis – and some immigrants may have to wait a year or two for their cases to be rescheduled.

    By Yolanda Jones January 03, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Appeals court rules Tennessee punitive damages cap unconstitutional

    The 6th Circuit Appeals Court has struck down a Tennessee cap on punitive damages related to a lawsuit filed in Memphis.

    By Yolanda Jones January 03, 2019

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