Criminal Justice and Policing
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City officials limit access to police brutality files and sidestep requests for comment regarding excessive force
As Mayor Jim Strickland’s administration limits access to police files on excessive force, some records are slowly coming to light. One involves the case...
Beating case is among scores of police use-of-force files in which the city is limiting access
Secrecy continues to surround use-of-force case that stirred unrest last year
Councilman Smiley’s proposal comes as communities nationwide push to reform policing following George Floyd killing
As protests roil following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland promises greater transparency in policing. Yet his Public...
As Mayor Jim Strickland vows to 'fix' police brutality against African American citizens, his staff puts up roadblocks to accessing records
As the coronavirus spreads through Memphis nursing homes, it’s taking a huge toll: 51 deaths so far. But an analysis by the Institute for...
The coronavirus is spreading fear – and death – in local nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. But at The Village at Germantown,...