Hernando DeSoto Bridge is a symbol of protest amid calls for reform
Protesters blockade the I-55 bridge in Memphis demanding justice for Tyre Nichols on Jan. 27, 2023. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
As public officials expressed outrage about Tyre Nichols’ death online, the protests marking the release of the videos returned to the symbol of local protest in the age of Black Lives Matter — the bridges across the Mississippi River.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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