Memphis Police Use Excessive Force and Discriminate Against Black People, Justice Department Finds December 6, 2024 The department is majority black.
Iconic City With Vibrant Music Scene Is Now the Most Dangerous Place to Live in America October 20, 2024 Memphis is over 60 percent black.
At Least 2 Killed, 6 Others Injured in Shooting at Memphis Block Party, Police Say April 23, 2024 Black mass shooting.
Kyle Rittenhouse Is Heckled Off Stage with His Service Dog by BLM Protesters March 21, 2024 Memphis shows its colors.
Bill to Undo Memphis’ Traffic Stop Reforms After Tyre Nichols Death Headed to Governor’s Desk March 19, 2024 Memphis had banned traffic stops for minor violations.
Memphis Mayor Meets with High-Ranking Gang Leaders to Ask for Ceasefire February 28, 2024 That should work.
State Leaders, Local Authorities Mull Decision to Bring National Guard to Memphis November 24, 2023 Black police chief says the entire U.S. Army couldn't stop crime in Memphis.
Memphis Breaks Homicide Record, Again November 22, 2023 City of 600,000 has more murders this year than New York City or Los Angeles.
Shots Fired at Topgolf Memphis & Black People Are Once Again Mad at Black People for ‘Ruining S–T’ November 22, 2023 Local blacks admit that they "can't have anything here."
Swarm of 40 Looters Ransacks Memphis Gas Stations November 15, 2023 A casual day in the largest majority-black city in America.
St. Jude Research Doctor Died While Defending Family From Robbers, Court Records Show November 14, 2023 A Sunday walk turned into a nightmare.
District Attorney Drops More Than 30 Cases Involving Former Officers Charged in Tyre Nichols’ Death August 22, 2023 Black incompetence frees black criminals.
Justice Dept. Opens Civil Rights Investigation of Memphis Police July 28, 2023 The department is majority black.
Pictured: Patient, 29, Who Shot and Killed Top Memphis Hand Surgeon Benjamin Mauck in the Exam Room July 12, 2023 Black gunman, white victim.
Detroit’s 40-Year Reign as Nation’s Largest Majority-Black City May Be Over May 26, 2023 Memphis may now hold that distinction.
Tennessee’s Largest County to Study Reparations for Descendants of Enslaved People February 23, 2023 The county, which includes Memphis, doesn't even have the money to study reparations.
Amid Soaring Crime, Memphis Cops Lowered the Bar for Hiring February 12, 2023 “They would allow just pretty much anybody to be a police officer."
4 Officers Indicted in Tyre Nichols Death Had Previous Reprimands, Suspensions by MPD February 1, 2023 Some of the officers failed to file reports after violent arrests.
Tyre Nichols’s Family Attorneys Question White Officer’s Discipline After Nichols’s Death February 1, 2023 The white officer wasn't involved in the beating.
Memphis Cops Charged in Tyre Nichols Murder Hired After PD Relaxed Job Requirements January 30, 2023 The city police department now offers waivers to felons.
Protests Seen in Chicago, NYC; More Expected Nationwide After Release of Tyre Nichols Video January 30, 2023 Five black Memphis officers are charged with murder.
In Memphis, the Phonics Movement Comes to High School January 5, 2023 Ninety-four percent non-white district needs to teach reading to teenagers.
Memphis Billionaire Heiress Eliza Fletcher Died of a Gunshot Wound to the Back of Her Head and Blunt Force Trauma September 30, 2022 She also blunt-force leg injuries and jaw fractures.
Mother of Eliza Fletcher’s Accused Rapist and Killer Cleotha Abston Says She Is Standing By Her Son and Insists Is a ‘Good Person’ September 22, 2022 The "good" man's record includes charges of rape, kidnapping, and assault.
Man Charged in Eliza Fletcher’s Kidnapping, Killing, Charged in 2021 Case After DNA Match September 12, 2022 A rape kit was stuck in a "queue of unknown assailant kits."
Men Making Terrorist Threats Toward Events in Memphis, Police Say September 9, 2022 The black men threatened to kill whites.
Memphis Police Say 19-Year-Old Arrested After Cruising Around City Shooting September 8, 2022 He was released early from a sentence for attempted first-degree murder.
Memphis Kidnapping Suspect Arrested After Allegedly Abducting Mom, Baby From Target September 7, 2022 "Walking in Memphis" isn't what it used to be.
The Murder of Eliza Fletcher and the Fall of Memphis, Law and Order September 7, 2022 "Our entire country will be Memphis if we don't put a stop to this insanity right now."
Man Tells Shooting Victim ‘I Told You, Don’t Play With My Mama’ May 17, 2022 Black man shoots a woman over a missing tablet.
Customer Indicted in Shooting Death of Wendy’s Employee May 11, 2022 The murderer didn't want to pull forward to wait for his food.
Pamela Moses Illegal Voting Trial Dropped by DA April 27, 2022 Black Lives Matter activist admitted to illegal voting.
Detroit Remains Among Nation’s Most Violent Big Cities October 1, 2021 The Motor City is second only to Memphis.
Pair Charged in Shooting Over Spicy Chicken Sandwich at Local Burger King June 29, 2021 Keonna Halliburton and Tavarus Mckinney shot four people.
With 3 Months Left in 2020, Memphis Sets Homicide Record September 30, 2020 "We have three more months to go in the year, we could break 300 homicides."
Shelby County DA Announces Plan to Have Non-Violent Offenders Judged by Community Panels July 22, 2020 Here is the latest innovation of law enforcement in the overwhelmingly black city of Memphis.
Ex-NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly Warns NYC’s Future Is ‘Very Bleak’ and Big Apple Could Be Heading Back to High Crime Levels of the 70s and 80s July 8, 2020 "Shootings in New York City have doubled every week for the last three weeks."
Remains of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest and His Wife Will Be Removed from a Memphis Park May 14, 2020 Will the Founding Fathers be next?
Attorney General William P. Barr Announces Launch of Operation Relentless Pursuit December 18, 2019 Seven violent cities will receive a surge of federal aid to fight crime.
Tennessee Supreme Court Won’t Hear Appeal in Memphis Confederate Statue Removal, Paving Way for Relocation October 17, 2019 Now the city has to figure out what to do with the graves.
Dog ‘Doesn’t Like Black People,’ Housekeepers Are Told as Reason for Not Entering Priest’s House August 22, 2019 The dog had a bad experience with a black.
Judge Says MLGW Must Pay Fired Worker with Pro-Confederate Views June 25, 2019 They also have to give him $160, 000 in back pay and benefits.
Black Man Killed by U.S. Marshals in Memphis Posted a Facebook Live Boasting That Police Couldn’t Catch Him and They’d ‘Have to Kill Me’ June 14, 2019 He was wanted for murder and auto theft.
Girlfriend of Memphis Honors Student ‘Killed by Cops in Hail of Bullets’ Goes in to Labor as Riots Break Out June 13, 2019 Police say he rammed their vehicles and exited his car with a weapon.
‘This Has Exploded’: Fired Utility Worker’s Federal Case a Tale of Confederate Statues, Racism and Facebook March 1, 2019 Case could have ramifications for dissident government employees.
Blocked from Taking Confederate Statues Down, Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis Try Other Ideas February 15, 2019 Destroying Confederate memorials is “about restoring the dignity of black taxpayers."
Erasing America: Losing Our Future by Destroying Our Past February 14, 2019 Book identifies the symptoms but not the cause.
Nathan B. Forrest’s Descendants File Suit Against Memphis December 18, 2018 The city allegedly violated several laws when they sold the park and statue.
White Women Wear Hoodies in Tennessee Mall to ‘Prove a Point’ About Racial Profiling November 15, 2018 The women were treated differently because they acted differently.
FBI: Baltimore Homicide Rate Topped US Big Cities in 2017 September 25, 2018 But St. Louis’s is higher.
Corey Stewart Spokesman Calls Baltimore, New Orleans and Memphis ‘S***Holes’ July 30, 2018 “After Ferguson, only a fool would start, finance or insure a business in a black neighborhood.”
More Tennesseans Are Sporting Confederate Flag License Plates Than Ever Before July 19, 2018 Sales benefit the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Tennessee Lawmakers Punish Memphis for Removing Statues April 18, 2018 Selling parks to a non-profit that removed the statues has cost Memphis $250,000.
Tennessee Lawmakers Introduce Bill That Could Force Confederate Statues Back Up In Memphis February 2, 2018 Bill allows the state to use eminent domain retroactively to protect parks.
President Trump’s Murder Report Card January 11, 2018 The Trump administration may be reversing the "Ferguson effect."
Inside a Confederate Rally in Memphis, from Morning Cigarettes to Evening Beers January 10, 2018 No violence from SJWs at protest against removal of Confederate statues.
Statues of Jefferson Davis and Nathan Bedford Forrest Are Removed from Memphis After City Sells Parks December 21, 2017 The city ignored the Historical Commission’s denial of their petition to remove the statues.
Memphis Theater Cancels ‘Gone With the Wind’ After Complaints August 29, 2017 They had shown it every summer for 34 years.
‘We don’t tip white ppl, LOL’: Young Memphis Waiter Receives Racist Note in Lieu of Tip July 24, 2017 Race of customers unspecified.
3 People Shot at Vigil for Memphis Teen Who was Killed by Stray Bullet Last Year May 23, 2017 More than 100 gunshots disrupted the vigil.
Man Is Charged After Memphis Girl, 11, Is Hit by an SUV Then Abducted, Raped and Left in a Ditch While Walking to School December 7, 2016 The accused was arrested for burglary last year.
Man Called ‘White Boy’ Before Brutal Attack in South Memphis January 13, 2016 White man told "you're not supposed to be here" before being severely beaten.
In Search of a Ferguson Effect September 16, 2015 One analysis finds it may help explain a rise in crime.
Authorities Identify Suspect Wanted in Fatal Shooting of Memphis Police Officer During Traffic Stop August 3, 2015 The officer may have interrupted a small drug deal.
Group Takes a Shovel to Confederate General’s Grave July 23, 2015 They don't think General Forrest is being exhumed quickly enough.
Memphis Mayor Wants to Dig Up Dead Confederate War General June 26, 2015 “Which African-American wants to have a picnic in the shadow of Nathan Bedford Forrest?”