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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — City activists are calling on Memphis to change, nearly one month after Tyre Nichols was beaten by several Memphis Police officers.  Tomorrow, activists are holding a “Day of Action” to draw attention to concerns within the city, and make sure Nichols “did not die in vain”. WREG spoke with one of the […]

WARNING: This video may be disturbing to some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The District Attorney’s Office in Nashville released video showing the moments leading up to the death of an inmate at the Shelby County Jail in Memphis last October. Gershun Freeman was being held on charges of kidnapping and threatening […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man left paralyzed when a police officer shot him after mistaking his handgun for his stun gun filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city, the officer and others, saying, “my life got destroyed.” Michael Ortiz is seeking unspecified millions of dollars from the city of Hollywood, Florida, and Officer Henry […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The attorney representing the family of Tyre Nichols was honored by the national NAACP Saturday night. Attorney Ben Crump accepted the NAACP’s Social Justice Impact Award and vowed to never stop fighting racism and discrimination in the classroom and courtroom. “I promise I will use this social justice award as greater incentive […]

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Angela Bassett won entertainer of the year at Saturday’s NAACP Image Awards on a night that also saw her take home an acting trophy for the television series “9-1-1.” The Bassett-led Marvel superhero sequel “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” won best motion picture at the ceremony, which was broadcast live on BET […]

The family of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X marked on Tuesday the anniversary of his 1965 assassination by announcing plans to sue agencies including the CIA, FBI, the New York Police Department and others for $100 million, accusing them of playing a role in his death.

NEW YORK (AP) — The family of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X marked on Tuesday the anniversary of his 1965 assassination by announcing plans to sue agencies including the CIA, FBI, the New York Police Department and others for $100 million, accusing them of playing a role in his death. Two of his daughters, […]

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 […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The five former Memphis Police officers charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Tyre Nichols were arraigned in court Friday morning. It was a packed courtroom when all five former officers were there as well as Tyre Nichols’ family who sat feet away. The judge asked everyone to pack their patience, […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Family members and attorneys of Gershun Freeman, a Shelby County Jail inmate who death in custody last year was ruled a homicide, will address the public Friday at 1 p.m. (CT). Attorney Ben Crump, who held a press conference in Memphis earlier Friday on the separate police brutality case of Tyre Nichols, […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Five former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Friday to second-degree murder and other charges in the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols, with his mother saying afterward that none of them would look her in the eye in court. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III […]