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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Civil rights attorney Ben Crump calls the death of Tyre Nichols an injustice and his legal team, now representing the Nichols family, is demanding police reform and training of MPD officers.   “Most of the problem with policing in America that we and why we have to stand up and talk […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis could pay tens of millions of dollars in a wrongful death lawsuit for Tyre Nichols and the mayor said he doesn’t know where the money will come from. Other cities have settled recent high-profile police death lawsuits as much as $27 million in Minneapolis in the case of George Floyd and […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A white former police officer convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her handgun for a Taser and fatally shooting Black motorist Daunte Wright in suburban Minneapolis in 2021 is set to be released from prison Monday. Minnesota Department of Corrections spokesman Andy Skoogman announced Friday that former officer Kim Potter was to be […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Kevin G. Ritz, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, promised a “thorough and methodical” investigation in the death of Tyre Nichols. Ritz said he had met with Nichols’ family and told them the federal civil rights investigation would may take some time. “I want this city to be a […]

The U.S. attorney investigating the death of Tyre Nichols, a Tennessee man who was beaten by police while being arrested earlier this month, promised to conduct a “thorough” and “methodical” investigation.  U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Kevin Ritz said at a brief press conference on Wednesday that the investigation “may take some […]

A jury concluded Thursday that British singer Ed Sheeran didn’t steal key components of Marvin Gaye’s classic 1970s tune “Let’s Get It On” when he created his hit song “Thinking Out Loud.”

Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.), the lead GOP negotiator for police reform in the Senate, on Thursday rejected the idea of taking up the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which was passed by the House in the last Congress. “Resurrecting the House progressives’ police reform bill is a nonstarter. I’ve been working toward common ground […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man was shot and killed Saturday night in Whitehaven, according to Memphis Police. The shooting happened on the 5400 block of Elvis Presley Boulevard at Winfield Avenue around 10:00 p.m. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Police later said that the victim was 19 years old. A man who […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — As there are calls in the community for justice for Tyre Nichols, there have also been questions as to where Memphis’ police chief has been since the firing of five officers last week. Aside from a statement citing their actions as “egregious,” we have not seen Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis publicly […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Appalling, deplorable, and heinous. Those are the words civil rights attorney Ben Crump used after he and Tyre Nichols’ family saw the video of the police encounter leading up to his death for the first time. The 29-year-old was a father, son, and avid skateboarder. During Monday’s press conference, his family […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis police supervisor on scene when Tyre Nichols was beaten to death by officers retired with his benefits the day before a hearing to fire him, according to documents filed to revoke his law enforcement certification. Lt. DeWayne Smith was identified Friday in records obtained by media outlets as the […]