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🚨 > The surge has not gotten much national attention in part because Tennessee’s Republican governor supports it—he has said it will continue indefinitely. And the Trump administration has framed it not as an immigration crackdown, which would get a lot of press coverage, but as a crime crackdown. (Task force officers from other agencies are arresting people primarily for traffic violations and crimes, but they call DHS officers when they encounter immigrants.)
Demster also believes Memphis has yet to grab the nation’s attention because people like him who want to get the word out are facing retaliation. It’s all part of the task force’s plan “to operate in the shadows,” he says.
#motherjones #tennessee
#memphis #memphistenn
#memphisnews #memphispolice
#ICE #DHS #ACLU #TNhalolaw
#immigration #nationalguard
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🚨 > The surge has not gotten much national attention in part because Tennessee’s Republican governor supports it—he has said it will continue indefinitely. And the Trump administration has framed it not as an immigration crackdown, which would get a lot of press coverage, but as a crime crackdown. (Task force officers from other agencies are arresting people primarily for traffic violations and crimes, but they call DHS officers when they encounter immigrants.)
Demster also believes Memphis has yet to grab the nation’s attention because people like him who want to get the word out are facing retaliation. It’s all part of the task force’s plan “to operate in the shadows,” he says.
#motherjones #tennessee
#memphis #memphistenn
#memphisnews #memphispolice
#ICE #DHS #ACLU #TNhalolaw
#immigration #nationalguard
#firstamendment #retaliationintimidation -
🚨 > The surge has not gotten much national attention in part because Tennessee’s Republican governor supports it—he has said it will continue indefinitely. And the Trump administration has framed it not as an immigration crackdown, which would get a lot of press coverage, but as a crime crackdown. (Task force officers from other agencies are arresting people primarily for traffic violations and crimes, but they call DHS officers when they encounter immigrants.)
Demster also believes Memphis has yet to grab the nation’s attention because people like him who want to get the word out are facing retaliation. It’s all part of the task force’s plan “to operate in the shadows,” he says.
#motherjones #tennessee
#memphis #memphistenn
#memphisnews #memphispolice
#ICE #DHS #ACLU #TNhalolaw
#immigration #nationalguard
#firstamendment #retaliationintimidation -
Ex-Grizz security officer files wrongful termination lawsuit | News https://www.rawchili.com/nba/652638/ #Basketball #DirectorOfTeamSecurity #fedexforum #GodfreyHoward #Grizzlies #LabourLaw #lawsuit #Memphis #MemphisGrizzlies #MemphisPolice #MemphisGrizzlies #NBA #SecurityOfficer #Tennessee #TerminationOfEmployment #USDistrictCourtOfWesternTennessee #WesternTennessee #WrongfulDismissal #WrongfulTermination #WrongfulTerminationLawsuit
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Memphis sports bar shut down, deemed nuisance | News https://www.byteseu.com/1014330/ #AntonioParkinson #C.j.Davis #chief #ClubInfiniti #CountyDistrictAttorney #frayser #InfinitiSportsBar #MassShooting #mayor #Memphis #MemphisPolice #nuisance #PaulYoung #PublicHealth #Sports #SteveMulroy #Tennessee #TortLaw
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3 former #Memphis officers not guilty in death of #TyreNichols
A jury found 3 fmr #MemphisPolice officers not guilty of all charges in the death of Tyre Nichols, including the most serious charge of 2nd degree #murder.
The men, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley & Justin Smith, faced a total of 7 counts in the state trial for their role in the 2023 fatal beating of Nichols, a 29-yr-old father who had told officers he was on his way home when they stopped him.
#law #ACAB
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/nx-s1-5388488/three-memphis-police-officers-found-not-guilty-in-the-death-of-tyre-nichols -
3 former #Memphis officers not guilty in death of #TyreNichols
A jury found 3 fmr #MemphisPolice officers not guilty of all charges in the death of Tyre Nichols, including the most serious charge of 2nd degree #murder.
The men, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley & Justin Smith, faced a total of 7 counts in the state trial for their role in the 2023 fatal beating of Nichols, a 29-yr-old father who had told officers he was on his way home when they stopped him.
#law #ACAB
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/nx-s1-5388488/three-memphis-police-officers-found-not-guilty-in-the-death-of-tyre-nichols -
3 former #Memphis officers not guilty in death of #TyreNichols
A jury found 3 fmr #MemphisPolice officers not guilty of all charges in the death of Tyre Nichols, including the most serious charge of 2nd degree #murder.
The men, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley & Justin Smith, faced a total of 7 counts in the state trial for their role in the 2023 fatal beating of Nichols, a 29-yr-old father who had told officers he was on his way home when they stopped him.
#law #ACAB
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/nx-s1-5388488/three-memphis-police-officers-found-not-guilty-in-the-death-of-tyre-nichols -
3 former #Memphis officers not guilty in death of #TyreNichols
A jury found 3 fmr #MemphisPolice officers not guilty of all charges in the death of Tyre Nichols, including the most serious charge of 2nd degree #murder.
The men, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley & Justin Smith, faced a total of 7 counts in the state trial for their role in the 2023 fatal beating of Nichols, a 29-yr-old father who had told officers he was on his way home when they stopped him.
#law #ACAB
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/nx-s1-5388488/three-memphis-police-officers-found-not-guilty-in-the-death-of-tyre-nichols -
3 former #Memphis officers not guilty in death of #TyreNichols
A jury found 3 fmr #MemphisPolice officers not guilty of all charges in the death of Tyre Nichols, including the most serious charge of 2nd degree #murder.
The men, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley & Justin Smith, faced a total of 7 counts in the state trial for their role in the 2023 fatal beating of Nichols, a 29-yr-old father who had told officers he was on his way home when they stopped him.
#law #ACAB
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/nx-s1-5388488/three-memphis-police-officers-found-not-guilty-in-the-death-of-tyre-nichols -
3 Former Officers Found Guilty of Cover-Up in Tyre Nichols’s Death
The former officers were acquitted of the most serious charge in the case — violating Mr. Nichols’s #CivilRights by causing his death.
By Emily Cochrane and Ben Stanley
Reporting from Memphis.
Oct. 3, 2024"Three former Memphis police officers were found guilty on Thursday of federal witness tampering charges in the violent beating of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died three days after his encounter with the police.
But all of the officers were acquitted of the most serious charge in the case — violating Mr. Nichols’s civil rights by causing his death. One officer, Demetrius Haley, was convicted on a lesser charge of violating Mr. Nichols’s civil rights by causing bodily injury.
"The mixed verdict in the federal trial in Memphis comes nearly two years after Mr. Nichols’s death, which sickened many across the nation, who viewed it as the latest example of a young Black man being subjected to #ExcessiveForce at the hands of the #police."Video of the January 2023 encounter showed that after Mr. Nichols fled a #TrafficStop, officers viciously punched and kicked him, ignoring his cries for his mother and his attempts to comply with a barrage of conflicting commands. None of the officers reported the extent of the beating.
"The three defendants, along with two other former officers who pleaded guilty to their role in the violence, still face additional state charges, including second-degree murder.
"Sentencing on the federal convictions is expected to occur in January.
"'You know what these officers did and know it because you saw it over and over again,' said Kathryn Gilbert, a Justice Department lawyer, in closing statements. 'You can use your eyes. You can use your ears. You can use your common sense. You know what these officers did.'
"The trial, which lasted about 17 days, exposed a culture of #secrecy and #violence within the #MemphisPolice Department, where officers held to an unspoken agreement that they could punish anyone who fled from them and downplay the violence. The five officers — all of whom are Black — were part of a team within the specialized Scorpion street crime unit, where arrest statistics and confiscations were a priority."
Original article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/us/tyre-nichols-verdict.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/IDgFH#selection-823.0-859.413#ACAB #BlackLivesMatter #TyreNichols #JusticeForTyre #ScorpionUnit #MemphisTennessee #Tennessee #DrivingWhileBlack
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DOJ Files Criminal Charges Against 5 Former Memphis Officers in Tyre Nichols Beating
Federal authorities are accusing Emmitt Martin III, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith of using excessive force and violating Nichols’s rights, as well as conspiring to make false statements to supervisors whil
https://newsviews.online/2023/09/13/doj-files-criminal-charges-against-5-former-memphis-officers-in-tyre-nichols-beating/
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DOJ launches investigation into Memphis Police Department https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1190518341/doj-investigation-memphis-police #MemphisPoliceShooting LAW
DOJ launches an investigation into Memphis and the city's police department use of force #memphispolice -
DOJ launches investigation into Memphis Police Department https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1190518341/doj-investigation-memphis-police #MemphisPoliceShooting LAW
DOJ launches an investigation into Memphis and the city's police department use of force #memphispolice -
DOJ launches investigation into Memphis Police Department https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1190518341/doj-investigation-memphis-police #MemphisPoliceShooting LAW
DOJ launches an investigation into Memphis and the city's police department use of force #memphispolice -
DOJ launches investigation into Memphis Police Department https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1190518341/doj-investigation-memphis-police #MemphisPoliceShooting LAW
DOJ launches an investigation into Memphis and the city's police department use of force #memphispolice -
DOJ launches investigation into Memphis Police Department https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1190518341/doj-investigation-memphis-police #MemphisPoliceShooting LAW
DOJ launches an investigation into Memphis and the city's police department use of force #memphispolice -
"#Civilrights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump, Antonio Romanucci, and local counsel, retired Judge Earnestine Hunt Dorse, will announce the filing of a #civillawsuit against the City of #Memphis, #MemphisPolice Department, and individual officers for the January 2023 death of #TyreNichols. The 29-year-old father was killed after a pretextual traffic stop and a brutal beating by Memphis #PoliceOfficers," says attorney Benjamin Crump in a Wednesday statement
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Former Memphis officer texted photo of beaten Tyre Nichols, state records show https://flip.it/4o8KHh #TyreNichols #MemphisPolice
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Muscle Cars, Balaclavas and Fists: How the Scorpions Rolled Through Memphis https://news.yahoo.com/muscle-cars-balaclavas-fists-scorpions-175810374.html
For 14 months, officers from the high-profile #ScorpionUnit of the #MemphisPolice Department in Tennessee patrolled city streets with an air of menace, zooming up on targets, jumping out of their Dodge Chargers at a dead run, shouting at people to get out of their vehicles, lie down on the ground #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #PoliceShootings #GeorgeFloydPolicingAct #PoliceReform -
EA on BBC: The Killing of #TyreNichols, The Police, and the Issue of #Race (ScottLucas w BBC Radio Wales/BBC Radio Ulster)
https://eaworldview.com/2023/01/killing-tyre-nichols-police-race/
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EA on BBC: The Killing of #TyreNichols, The Police, and the Issue of #Race (ScottLucas w BBC Radio Wales/BBC Radio Ulster)
https://eaworldview.com/2023/01/killing-tyre-nichols-police-race/
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W BBC Radio Wales:
"Even if this case is prosecuted all the way through the judicial system, this is problem which will continue in a US political culture which has had police confrontations with people of color for many decades"
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EA on BBC: The Killing of #TyreNichols, The Police, and the Issue of #Race (ScottLucas w BBC Radio Wales/BBC Radio Ulster)
https://eaworldview.com/2023/01/killing-tyre-nichols-police-race/
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EA on BBC: The Killing of #TyreNichols, The Police, and the Issue of #Race (ScottLucas w BBC Radio Wales/BBC Radio Ulster)
https://eaworldview.com/2023/01/killing-tyre-nichols-police-race/
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No es sólo brutalidad policial sino la normalización del odio contra afrodescendientes https://loquesomos.org/no-es-solo-brutalidad-policial-sino-la-normalizacion-del-odio-contra-afrodescendientes/ #TyreNichols #MemphisPolice #BlueLivesMatter
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On air soon w @BBCRadioUlster to analyze killing of #TyreNichols, #MemphisPolice, and wider political and social issues
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On air soon w @BBCRadioUlster to analyze killing of #TyreNichols, #MemphisPolice, and wider political and social issues
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CW: TW references to police violence. 'Scorpion' police unit deactivated.
Tyre Nichols: Memphis police shut down ‘Scorpion’ unit day after fatal beating video released to public | The Independent
#MemphisScorpionUnit
#ScorpionUnit
#MemphisPolice
#TyreNichols
#MPDMPD announced specialist team involved in arrest would be ‘permanently deactivated’
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On air soon w BBC Radio Wales to analyze killing of #TyreNichols in #Memphis, including footing of assault by #MemphisPolice
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On air soon w BBC Radio Wales to analyze killing of #TyreNichols in #Memphis, including footing of assault by #MemphisPolice
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Video of part of the brutal police beating that caused the death of
#TyreNichols
#JusticeforTyreNichols
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"Photography was a form of self-expression that writing could never capture for Nichols, who wrote that it helped him look 'at the world in a more creative way,' on his photography website."
#tyre #tyrenichols #MemphisPolice #PoliceBrutality #PoliceReform #photography #photographer #photographers #Memphis