News Staff New outrage in the Tyre Nichols police beating death case. We learned Tuesday that one of the five cops who was fired – sent a graphic picture snapped from his cell phone – to at least five other people by text message. The allaged recipients of the picture included two other officers, a civilian employee … Read more
Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton apparently wants his old job back. Herenton released a social media video on Monday, saying he would enter the race for Memphis mayor. Herenton also ran and lost the mayor’s race in 2019 to incumbent Jim Strickland. Herenton joins a field of 10 declared contenders. Candidates cannot pull or file … Read more
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Monday unveiled a $55.6 billion state budget proposal stocked with cash for roads, state parks, tax cuts for businesses, state employee pay boosts and more. The plan put forth by Lee also fuels a number of areas to benefit health coverage for low-income women and children, in addition to anti-abortion … Read more
A Shelby County deputy has been relieved of duty after video of a November arrest surfaced on social media, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday. In a brief statement, the office said an unnamed deputy is the subject of an administrative investigation into use of force. It did not give further details. The announcement … Read more
A shooting at a Memphis library on Thursday left one person dead and a police officer critically wounded, authorities said. Officers were called to the Poplar-White Station Public Library around 12:30 p.m., where they encountered a man who had been the subject of a trespassing call in the same neighborhood about thirty minutes earlier, Tennessee … Read more
A Southaven man is getting into the race for the House District 7 seat in Mississippi. Incumbent Steven Hopkins has annoucned he will not run again. Now, Progerian Walker, a tour bus company operator, has announced he will run as a Republican. Walker says he will work hard to bring more funding to north Missisippi … Read more
Five fired Memphis police officers were charged Thursday with murder and other crimes in the killing of Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist who died three days after a confrontation with the officers during a traffic stop. Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy told a news conference that although the officers each played different roles in … Read more
Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis, speaking publicly for the first time regarding the Tyre Nichols death. Wednesday night, Davis said in a 4-minute youtube video that she acknowledges the firing of the five black police officers and describes the events surrounding Nichol’s death as “heinous, reckless and inhumane.” Davis said this is not just a … Read more
Memphis police officers beat motorist Tyre Nichols for three minutes, treating him like “a human piñata” in a “savage” encounter reminiscent of the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King, attorneys for the family said Monday. Attorney Ben Crump said police video viewed by the family on Monday showed that Nichols was … Read more
The speed with which five Memphis police officers were fired following the traffic stop of a man who later died in a hospital is unusual but could become more common, according to those studying police and criminal justice issues. The five Memphis Police Department officers were fired Friday, less than two weeks after the Jan. … Read more