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  1. #ACLU lawsuit: ‘Startling pattern’ of First Amendment violations by #Memphis Safe Task Force

    https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/14/aclu-lawsuit-startling-pattern-of-first-amendment-violations-by-memphis-safe-task-force/

    Memphis Safe Task Force agents are engaging in a “startling pattern of retaliation, intimidation, and harassment” against bystanders who record their activities, a federal lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union alleges. Filed Wednesday on behalf of four Memphis residents who have suffered pushback after observing and documenting the multi-agency law enforcement crackdown, the lawsuit seeks a ruling declaring the agents’ actions violate the First Amendment. The lawsuit is also seeking an order barring Task Force agents from retaliating against people for gathering information or recording task force activities in the future.

  2. Rep. @[email protected] to @[email protected] : “They’re spitting on the graves of our martyrs, bringing us backwards in history… An almost entirely white Republican caucus in Tennessee — that’s the system they’re bringing us back to.” #Memphis #JimCrow

  3. - Observers being tailed, stopped, and subjected to questioning without reasonable suspicion of a crime after observing Task Force activity.

    “Exercising First Amendment rights should not result in arrests, intimidation, or surveillance, and yet that is exactly what is happening to people in Memphis. The pattern of unconstitutional retaliation is severe and chilling.”

    #Memphis #Tennessee #ACLU #FirstAmendment #ICE

  4. - Observers noticing unmarked vehicles with tinted windows and individuals in tactical vests outside their homes after observing the Task Force.

    - Task Force agents repeatedly identifying and taunting observers by name, when observers have never met them before, making observers “feel hypervigilant.”

    - Task Force agents shining bright lights at observers’ faces, phones, and cameras to obscure photography and filming of Task Force activity.

    #Memphis #Tennessee #ACLU #FirstAmendment #ICE

  5. “While observing and recording Task Force activities, civilians have reported a pervasive pattern of retaliation. Allegations include:

    - Task Force agents tackling an observer seeking to record Task Force activity, pinning her down and arresting and jailing her for 27 hours.

    - Task Force agents swerving at or boxing in observers with their vehicles.

    - Task Force agents consistently photographing observers’ faces, vehicles, and license plates.

    #Memphis #Tennessee #ACLU #FirstAmendment #ICE

  6. “Four Memphis residents filed suit in federal court to stop the Memphis Safe Task Force from retaliating against them for exercising their First Amendment right to film the Task Force’s immigration and law enforcement activity.“

    aclu.org/press-releases/memphi

    #Memphis #Tennessee #ACLU #FirstAmendment #ICE

  7. “It’s an insult to the intelligence of the people in this state.” @[email protected] shreds the lie🤥from Sen. Stevens & TN Republicans race wasn’t used to make the map, puts it in (racist) historical context, and says they couldn’t racially gerrymander it any better. #Memphis #JimCrow

  8. #Tennessee removes its #black #US House district in #Memphis

    #MAGA goons celebrate

    "It's rigged why vote"

    On the contrary people not #voting got us here as much as MAGA

    Getting out of this means many things. But voting is a small effort compared to the other efforts so voices against voting are inauthentic or #troll #psyop

    #Hungary had as bad or worse manipulations against #democracy, and look what Hungarians delivered

    Are you angry? Do you want to fix this?

    #Vote

    reuters.com/legal/government/t

  9. #Tennessee removes its #black #US House district in #Memphis

    #MAGA goons celebrate

    "It's rigged why vote"

    On the contrary people not #voting got us here as much as MAGA

    Getting out of this means many things. But voting is a small effort compared to the other efforts so voices against voting are inauthentic or #troll #psyop

    #Hungary had as bad or worse manipulations against #democracy, and look what Hungarians delivered

    Are you angry? Do you want to fix this?

    #Vote

    reuters.com/legal/government/t

  10. #Tennessee removes its #black #US House district in #Memphis

    #MAGA goons celebrate

    "It's rigged why vote"

    On the contrary people not #voting got us here as much as MAGA

    Getting out of this means many things. But voting is a small effort compared to the other efforts so voices against voting are inauthentic or #troll #psyop

    #Hungary had as bad or worse manipulations against #democracy, and look what Hungarians delivered

    Are you angry? Do you want to fix this?

    #Vote

    reuters.com/legal/government/t

  11. #Tennessee removes its #black #US House district in #Memphis

    #MAGA goons celebrate

    "It's rigged why vote"

    On the contrary people not #voting got us here as much as MAGA

    Getting out of this means many things. But voting is a small effort compared to the other efforts so voices against voting are inauthentic or #troll #psyop

    #Hungary had as bad or worse manipulations against #democracy, and look what Hungarians delivered

    Are you angry? Do you want to fix this?

    #Vote

    reuters.com/legal/government/t

  12. Protestors inside the #Tennessee state capitol in #Nashville; Thursday, May 7th, 2026. The #Republican-supermajority legislature voted to split Memphis’s congressional seat, long held by #Democrats, among three safe Republicans districts. #Memphis, particularly #Black Memphis, lost its representation.

    #gop #kkk #tnleg #tnpol #tn09

  13. Protestors inside the #Tennessee state capitol in #Nashville; Thursday, May 7th, 2026. The #Republican-supermajority legislature voted to split Memphis’s congressional seat, long held by #Democrats, among three safe Republicans districts. #Memphis, particularly #Black Memphis, lost its representation.

    #gop #kkk #tnleg #tnpol #tn09

  14. Protestors inside the #Tennessee state capitol in #Nashville; Thursday, May 7th, 2026. The #Republican-supermajority legislature voted to split Memphis’s congressional seat, long held by #Democrats, among three safe Republicans districts. #Memphis, particularly #Black Memphis, lost its representation.

    #gop #kkk #tnleg #tnpol #tn09

  15. Protestors inside the #Tennessee state capitol in #Nashville; Thursday, May 7th, 2026. The #Republican-supermajority legislature voted to split Memphis’s congressional seat, long held by #Democrats, among three safe Republicans districts. #Memphis, particularly #Black Memphis, lost its representation.

    #gop #kkk #tnleg #tnpol #tn09

  16. Protestors inside the #Tennessee state capitol in #Nashville; Thursday, May 7th, 2026. The #Republican-supermajority legislature voted to split Memphis’s congressional seat, long held by #Democrats, among three safe Republicans districts. #Memphis, particularly #Black Memphis, lost its representation.

    #gop #kkk #tnleg #tnpol #tn09

  17. “This whole thing boils down to this charade they’re performing that this is only about partisanship and not about race.” @[email protected] tells Kanew & @[email protected] when he walked into the Capitol it was 2026 and when he walked out it was pre-1965. #Memphis #JimCrow

  18. A protestor holds a sign that says “Brent Taylor for Grand Dragon 2026.” I Am A Man Plaza, #Memphis, #Tennessee.

    #tn9 #tn09 #tnpol

  19. 🔥 @[email protected] (MURFREESBORO): “When they want to do something to hurt Black people— the wheels of government turn fucking FAST.” #Memphis #JimCrow @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn

  20. Rep. @[email protected] : “I just handed Rep. William Lamberth a confederate flag saying we will not go back, because you are trying to bring us back to the confederacy... it’s shameful.” #Memphis #JimCrow

  21. REP. @[email protected] : “This isn't coincidental or accidental. We're seeing the greatest purge of Black power since the era of Reconstruction.” (H/T @[email protected] ) #Memphis #JimCrow @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn

  22. “How are you proposing a map and you don’t know anything about it?” 🤔🤷🏼 WATCH — Senator John Stevens pathetically ducks all Sen. london lamar very valid questions as he pretends not to know Memphis is a majority-Black city + claims this isn’t about race. #Memphis #JimCrow @GovBillLee

  23. With the redistricting of a majority black district in Tennessee today many are seeking answers.
    We've had the same one from the start.
    They treat is as a loss, but we treat it as a new target appearing on the radar.

    We live in a Klan state.

    That means economic, social, and cultural pushback should be even harder now.

    We still have *6 months*.
    Shape the future you want to see!
    #tn #memphis #nashville

  24. #StateTroopers arrest Rep. #JustinPearson for refusing to leave the balcony in a show of #nonviolent resistance after #SpeakerSexton cleared it.

    Rep. #JustinJones burned a confederate flag in the rotunda after
    99% white #Tennessee House #Republicans pass a #racist 9-0 map stripping majority Black #Memphis of #congressional #representation.

    3 Republican abstentions, 2 no votes (white and Gillespie, both from #Memphis)

    #JimCrow

  25. #Democratic lawmakers, whose opposition means little under a #Republican supermajority in the state’s General Assembly, & #Black leaders across #Tennessee have compared the effort to carve up the Ninth Congressional District to #JimCrow era voter suppression tactics. They have accused conservatives of a power grab that undermines Black voters in #Memphis, who have long favored #Democrats.

    #law #ElectionLaw #SCOTUS #VotingRights #redistricting #RacialGerrymandering #RepresentationMatters

  26. #Democratic lawmakers, whose opposition means little under a #Republican supermajority in the state’s General Assembly, & #Black leaders across #Tennessee have compared the effort to carve up the Ninth Congressional District to #JimCrow era voter suppression tactics. They have accused conservatives of a power grab that undermines Black voters in #Memphis, who have long favored #Democrats.

    #law #ElectionLaw #SCOTUS #VotingRights #redistricting #RacialGerrymandering #RepresentationMatters

  27. #Democratic lawmakers, whose opposition means little under a #Republican supermajority in the state’s General Assembly, & #Black leaders across #Tennessee have compared the effort to carve up the Ninth Congressional District to #JimCrow era voter suppression tactics. They have accused conservatives of a power grab that undermines Black voters in #Memphis, who have long favored #Democrats.

    #law #ElectionLaw #SCOTUS #VotingRights #redistricting #RacialGerrymandering #RepresentationMatters