Quick takes on rising COVID cases, police residency, the demise of ‘Bluff City Law’ and more
Protesters locked hands and kneeled while blocking Union Avenue in front of the Memphis Police Department Midtown station during a May 28 protest over the Minneapolis death of George Floyd. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
Our rising coronavirus rates pre-date the protests – they correspond to our general loosening of restrictions and specifically to Memorial Day – and there’s no specific tracing evidence at the moment that ties cases to them.
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