Can MPD break from its violent past?
RowVaughn Wells, the mother of Tyre Nichols, holds up a picture of her son on life support shorty before his death. Wells was at a vigil honoring the one-year anniversary of her son’s death at the hands of the Memphis Police Department Jan. 7, 2023. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
There was a time when violence against suspects was talked about freely within the force, according to former and current MPD officers. Relatively recent evidence suggests that kind of culture may have continued within the department.
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Julia Baker
A lifelong Memphian, Julia Baker graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.
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