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A freeze frame from police body camera footage shows Drew Thomas’ puffy face after a police officer sprayed him with a chemical irritant. One officer said Thomas’ face was bloody because he kept banging his head against the squad car door after he was sprayed.

A freeze frame from police body camera footage shows Drew Thomas’ puffy face after a police officer sprayed him with a chemical irritant. One officer said Thomas’ face was bloody because he kept banging his head against the squad car door after he was sprayed.

Watchdog

Bodycam: Memphis Officer unleashes vile tirade, repeatedly pepper foams handcfuffed, mentally ill ‘Frequent flyer’

Video released as part of investigation by The…

Marc Perrusquia October 16, 2020

Toh Gang (left) and Lakshmi Nellore process samples at Poplar Healthcare Sept. 22, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

Toh Gang (left) and Lakshmi Nellore process samples at Poplar Healthcare Sept. 22, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

The Pandemic

Poplar Healthcare serves as real time example of how to mobilize during pandemic; provides key support to Memphis

Local lab built its own coronavirus…

David WatersOctober 9, 2020

Memphis Theological Seminary president Rev. Dr. Jody Hill gets a socially distanced update from recruiter Felecia LaVant while preparing for the upcoming semester on Wednesday, Aug. 19. “The seminary exists to serve congregations, and, in dark times, it becomes clear how essential that work is,” said Hill, who became the seminary’s president in January. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

Memphis Theological Seminary president Rev. Dr. Jody Hill gets a socially distanced update from recruiter Felecia LaVant while preparing for the upcoming semester on Wednesday, Aug. 19. “The seminary exists to serve congregations, and, in dark times, it becomes clear how essential that work is,” said Hill, who became the seminary’s president in January. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

The Pandemic

Seminary accepts challenge of protecting students while teaching them to serve those with potentially fatal virus

“We are not the first people of faith to have lived in a time of…

David WatersAugust 21, 2020

A client of lawyer Jacob Webster Brown looks out his attorney’s office window on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. The client contends in a federal lawsuit that a Memphis Police Department officer sexually assaulted him during a stop-and-frisk operation last year. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)

A client of lawyer Jacob Webster Brown looks out his attorney’s office window on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. The client contends in a federal lawsuit that a Memphis Police Department officer sexually assaulted him during a stop-and-frisk operation last year. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)

Watchdog

Stop and Frisk incident leads to suspension of MPD officers

Arrestee alleges sexual assault in federal…

Marc PerrusquiaOctober 3, 2020

Memphis Theological Seminary president Rev. Dr. Jody Hill gets a socially distanced update from recruiter Felecia LaVant while preparing for the upcoming semester on Wednesday, Aug. 19. “The seminary exists to serve congregations, and, in dark times, it becomes clear how essential that work is,” said Hill, who became the seminary’s president in January. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

The Pandemic

Seminary accepts challenge of protecting students while teaching them to serve those with potentially fatal virus

“We are not the first people of faith to have lived in a time of pandemic.”

David WatersAugust 21, 2020

Sumita Montgomery carries her father’s ashes alongside the Rev. Anne H.K. Apple at Steve Montgomery’s funeral service on Friday, Aug. 7. (Courtesy of Craig Thompson)

Sumita Montgomery carries her father’s ashes alongside the Rev. Anne H.K. Apple at Steve Montgomery’s funeral service on Friday, Aug. 7. (Courtesy of Craig Thompson)

Faith

Reflections, hymns pay tribute to Montgomery’s pastoral, prophetic voice

Family, friends and fans of the Rev. Dr. Steve Montgomery held a private, socially distanced, spiritually diverse funeral service Friday afternoon to celebrate his...

David WatersAugust 11, 2020

Retired Memphis police detective Cody Wilkerson once carried this badge. The former sex crimes detective testified about the mishandling of numbers of rape investigations by the Memphis Police Department. MPD confirmed in 2013 it was holding 12,000 older rape kits, many never tested for DNA. Evidence suggests other kits were lost or destroyed. Many victims are still seeking justice, answers and closure from cases dating back 30 years or more. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to The Daily Memphian)

Retired Memphis police detective Cody Wilkerson once carried this badge. The former sex crimes detective testified about the mishandling of numbers of rape investigations by the Memphis Police Department. MPD confirmed in 2013 it was holding 12,000 older rape kits, many never tested for DNA. Evidence suggests other kits were lost or destroyed. Many victims are still seeking justice, answers and closure from cases dating back 30 years or more. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to The Daily Memphian)

'The Mess'

Part 3: Special investigative unit chases predators revealed by rape kits – finally – as time runs out

Massive remedial effort seeks justice for victims in neglected and overlooked cold cases

Marc PerrusquiaAugust 5, 2020

Celia Reynolds has carried the pain of her rape for 37 years. "Every single day you feel it," she says. She was raped in 1983 while walking to work. "They did not investigate it at all," she says. "I don't understand. Why?" She says she relies heavily on her faith and prayer. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to Daily Memphian)

Celia Reynolds has carried the pain of her rape for 37 years. "Every single day you feel it," she says. She was raped in 1983 while walking to work. "They did not investigate it at all," she says. "I don't understand. Why?" She says she relies heavily on her faith and prayer. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to Daily Memphian)

'The Mess'

Part 2: After decades of waiting for justice, Memphis victims say they’ve been ‘Raped Twice’

Aging victims seek justice and the release of records to prove MPD neglected rape investigations

Marc PerrusquiaAugust 4, 2020

Sandy Bromley, director of the Shelby County Crime Victims & Rape Crisis Center, says she has revamped the center, and that many improvements have been made to address the needs of rape victims in Memphis. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to the Daily Memphian)

Sandy Bromley, director of the Shelby County Crime Victims & Rape Crisis Center, says she has revamped the center, and that many improvements have been made to address the needs of rape victims in Memphis. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to the Daily Memphian)

'The Mess'

Part 2 Extra: MPD defends ‘bid system’ Said to put unqualified officers in sex crimes unit

Critics say labor union contract often keeps MPD from staffing the best-qualified detectives

Marc PerrusquiaAugust 4, 2020

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