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Now, you got a man whos dead. these disturbing videos have reignited concerns about the culture of policing in america. the need for police reform is once again at the forefront of peoples minds. a rally has just ended behind me and, of course, the feeling is that reform has been slow but family lawyers say the swift way city officials handle this should be the blueprint moving forward, and that this proves that things have changed in the way officials handle cases of police brutality. just now,...

The crowd at Handy Park heard Downtown Memphis Commission President Paul Young ask, “the question for our city is: what are we going to next?”

Video footage of the fatal encounter included critical moments in which police officers kicked, punched and pepper-sprayed Mr. Nichols, 29, while he screamed.

A former confidential informant is expected to be the key witness for the prosecution in the the Caitlyn Kaufman murder trial, and the defense plans to challenge his credibility.

How the new Whitehaven YMCA will play a pivotal role in the community “I was one of the first kids who ended up in that program and they took us around the country,” said Devante Hill, who worked at the Whitehaven YMCA. Author: Rebecca Butcher Updated: 10:28 PM CDT May 10, 2021 MEMPHIS, Tennessee — A newly built YMCA in Whitehaven will act as a safe haven for the community. The Davis YMCA has served the Whitehaven community for decades and in 2022 the Georg...

Washington Correspondent Loud cheers erupted from the crowds that had gathered outside Hennepin County Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis when the verdict was announced. "Say his name - George Floyd!" they chanted as armed National Guard troops looked on from behind barbed wire fences and concrete barricades. People hugged, cried and danced. Passing drivers beeped their horns. The sounds of celebration drowned out the noises of nearby sirens and the helicopters overhead. The smell of cooking fi...

Community activist DeVante Hill arrested on diversion charge stemming from 2016 arrest Activist arrested for probation violation By WMC Action News 5 Staff | March 31, 2021 at 4:17 PM CDT - Updated April 1 at 2:45 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A Memphis pastor and activist is behind bars in connection to a diversion charge stemming from an arrest over four years ago. DeVante Hill was arrested Wednesday morning on an outstanding warrant issued March 4. Two weeks later, on March 18, he was helpi...

An activist says a Black Lives Matter crosswalk is a "step in the right direction." Author: Rebecca Butcher Updated: 10:12 PM CST January 14, 2021 MEMPHIS, Tennessee — The Black Lives Matter movement has left its mark nationwide and here in Memphis.  A project to paint a BLM crosswalk was approved this week by the city.   “I think that it’s important Memphis lean culturally into its blackness and lean into what it means to black and in Memphis,” said ac...

Jan 10, 2021 FILE - This Wednesday evening, Jan. 6, 2021 file photo shows the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) This past week, Americans watched as the hallowed chambers of the Capitol were overrun and defiled, not by some foreign enemy of democracy but a mob of their fellow citizens. And then they tried to make sense of it. In letters to the editor and posts on social media, they raised their voices. In Iowa, a lifelong Republican mourned the shredding of the country’...

In letters to the editor and posts on social media, from throughout the country, they raised their voices.