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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
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New, granular data tracks ‘aggregate neighborhood behavior’ but may run afoul of federal consent decree banning political surveillance