Camper castigates legislation limiting police oversight boards
State Rep. Karen Camper, D-Memphis (right) confers with then-Rep. Gerald McCormick, R-Chattanooga, before a House Finance Subcommittee in Nashville in 2017. Camper is criticizing a bill that cuts the authority of police oversight boards, saying it is an effort by Republican state lawmakers to control local government. (Erik Schelzig/AP file photo)
House Minority Caucus leader Karen Camper of Memphis says a proposed bill that would reduce the authority of police oversight boards is an effort by Republican leaders to control local government.
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Karen Camper Michael Curcio Randy McNally Tennessee LegislatureSam Stockard
Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.
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