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Former Memphis officers to face second trial in beating death of Tyre Nichols
Three former Tennessee police officers will face an out-of-town jury when their trial in state court starts Monday on ...
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The Black Bookstore Healing Memphis Through Literature
Jay DeMoir likes to joke that he’s the “male version of Belle from ‘Beauty and the Beast.’” Like the Disney heroine, DeMoir ...
The Memphis church pivotal in Martin Luther King Jr.'s final days suffers a devastating fire
A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand has ...
Investigator: Ex-Memphis officer took photo of Tyre Nichols after fatal beating, shared it 11 times
A cybercrime expert with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has testified that a former Memphis police officer charged in ...
Feds charge alleged white supremacist over 2019 arson at Tennessee school that trained Rosa Parks
A suspect whom authorities have linked to white supremacist movements has been arrested in the March 2019 fire that destroyed ...
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Musk Aims to Expand Polluting Data Center Near Historically Black Neighborhoods
What’s happening in Memphis is a human rights violation,” says KeShaun Pearson of Memphis Community Against Pollution.
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Former Memphis officers to face second trial in beating death of Tyre Nichols
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Three former Tennessee police officers will face ... uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people. The department is more than 50% Black and Police Chief Cerelyn ...