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    Barrett nomination spurs call for Rhodes community to rise to ‘great challenges’

    Rhodes College President Marjorie Hass urges the college to rise to the “great challenges” of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, and others praise the the Notre Dame law professor’s commitment to equality and women’s rights.

    By Sam Stockard September 28, 2020
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    Band of brothers: Mother starts mentoring group for late son’s friends

    After her son was shot and killed during a robbery outside his family’s apartment complex in 2018, Tameka Talley started a mentoring group for his friends. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 28, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Man accused of pointing gun at protesters charged

    The man accused by activists of pointing a gun at them after a march for Breonna Taylor earlier this week has been arrested and charged.

    By Yolanda Jones September 26, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Sheriff calls display of electric shields during protest ‘regrettable mistake’

    Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner says the jail’s Direct Response Team made a “regrettable mistake” by displaying e-shields, which can deliver an electric shock, during recent protests outside 201 Poplar. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 25, 2020
  • Education

    Rhodes graduate to be nominee for Supreme Court, according to reports

    Amy Coney Barrett, considered the frontrunner, is currently a member of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. If confirmed, Barrett, 48, would become the Supreme Court’s youngest justice.

    By Omer Yusuf September 25, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Activists, Rallings speak out during second day of Breonna Taylor protests

    Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings weighed in during a press conference over the department’s Use of Force policy. A Wednesday incident in which a gun was allegedly pointed at protesters also was a topic of conversation. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 25, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Akbari wants end to no-knock police warrants in wake of Breonna Taylor death

    Trying to prevent a replay of the Breonna Taylor shooting death from taking place in Tennessee, state Sen. Raumesh Akbari is planning legislation prohibiting police from using no-knock warrants.

    By Sam Stockard September 24, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Activists protest after Breonna Taylor decision

    Activists in Memphis marched Wednesday evening in reaction to a Louisville, Kentucky, grand jury’s decision to not charge three police officers in the death of Breonna Taylor. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 24, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Memphis police adopt new excessive force reforms following Daily Memphian investigation

    But the reforms amount to a hollow ruse, says activist who complained about an officer who shot and killed a Black man in 2013.

    By Marc Perrusquia September 23, 2020
  • Public Safety

    ‘Legal legend’ Leo Bearman Jr. dies

    He represented clients in high-profile and important cases, even until his death. His communication skills were so legendary that other lawyers would slip into the back of the courtroom just to watch him work. 

    By Tom Bailey September 22, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Ginsburg remembered as fighter during memorial

    The Memphis legal community memorialized the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Monday night, Sept. 21, and vowed her fight for the marginalized will live on in them.

    By Toni Lepeska September 22, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Court rejects two proposed consent decree changes but allows others

    Two changes sought by the city of Memphis in a 41-year-old consent decree governing police surveillance will not be allowed under a ruling issued Monday, Sept. 21, by U.S. District Judge Jon McCalla allowing most changes.

    By Yolanda Jones September 22, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Trump’s promise to replace Ginsburg sets off battle as election nears

    President Donald Trump’s plan to nominate a replacement for the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is putting Senate candidates Bill Hagerty and Marquita Bradshaw at odds six weeks before the Nov. 3 election.

    By Sam Stockard September 22, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Rhodes College grad a likely frontrunner for U.S. Supreme Court

    Appeals Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a Rhodes College graduate, is once again a frontrunner for a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy, this time to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to reports.

    By Sam Stockard September 22, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Sheriff Bonner forms civilian committee as part of police reform

    Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner is forming a civilian committee to offer input on hiring of deputies as part of police reform efforts. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 19, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Lawsuit claims officer sexually assaulted Black man while frisking him

    A federal lawsuit contends Memphis police sexually assaulted a Black man during a stop-and-frisk operation and then failed to properly investigate the incident. The suit cites evidence from a Daily Memphian allegation into MPD’s failure to refer brutality claims to prosecutors.

    By Marc Perrusquia September 17, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Judge grants DNA testing in 1987 murder case

    Criminal Court Judge Paula Skahan ordered the expedited DNA testing of crime scene evidence that has never been tested, including a knife used in the murders, eyeglasses and bloodstained clothing. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 17, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Attorneys in COVID-19 jail lawsuit amend complaint regarding facility conditions

    Attorneys representing medically vulnerable detainees at the Shelby County Jail have filed a motion to amend their original class-action lawsuit against Sheriff Bonner and the Shelby County Jail. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 15, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Attorneys for Pervis Payne seek to stop execution; claim he’s intellectually disabled

    The Shelby County man, convicted in the 1987 slayings of a Millington woman and her young daughter, is scheduled to be executed on Dec. 3.

    By Yolanda Jones September 14, 2020
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    MPA’s first woman president talks about making history, police reform

    Sgt. Essica Cage, the new leader of the nearly 2,000-member police union, discusses the city's residency requirement for first responders and her opinion about defunding the police. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 11, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies fatally shoot man after barricade in Fayette County

    SWAT team deputies with Shelby County Sheriff's Office fatally shoot man barricaded in home in Fayette County. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 10, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Debate on police reform proposals at County Commission gets heated

    The three ordinances are scheduled for the first of three votes on Monday. And still to weigh in on the proposals is Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner.

    By Bill Dries September 10, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Strickland rolls out police reform group

    Mayor Jim Strickland rolled out a 13-member group Wednesday, Sept. 2, to make what he termed “substantive, realistic and measurable” recommendations on police reform. It's the second phase of the administration's effort and includes some critics of City Hall's response thus far.

    By Bill Dries September 02, 2020
  • Update Public Safety

    Mike Williams retiring as Memphis police union leader, taking job with General Sessions Court Clerk

    Mike Williams, longtime police union leader, is retiring from the department. He has taken a job as CAO for General Sessions Court Clerk-elect Joe Brown. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 02, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Ruling expected Sept. 16 in Pervis Payne DNA case

    Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Paula Skahan is expected to rule Sept. 16 whether DNA testing in the Pervis Payne murder case can be conducted. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 03, 2020

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