Durham Police Chief Cerelyn CJ Davis takes top Memphis law enforcement job Charlie Innis, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Apr. 19 DURHAM Durham Police Chief Cerelyn C.J. Davis will leave the Bull City to become the top cop in Memphis, Tennessee, the City of Memphis announced Monday morning. She s the right person to lead this department here in Memphis. She has an outstanding career in law enforcement, as an officer and as a leader, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said in a recorded announcement. She has a strategic vision for reducing violent crime.
Davis has been Durham s chief for five years. Her exit will follow a year of record gun violence in the city.
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Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland names his pick for new chief of police
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Families of George Floyd, Daunte Wright Hold Emotional Press Conference in Minneapolis
Attorney Ben Crump brings loved ones together as trial continues for ex-officer accused in Floyd’s Death. Photo of Ben Crump (R), Katie Wright (C), mother of Daunte Wright, Chyna Whitaker, Daunte Wright’s girlfriend (L), and their son, Daunte Wright Jr., by Kerem Yucel
As snow flurries swirled under a gray April sky, the families of George Floyd, Daunte Wright, and other Black people who’ve lost their lives in police-involved killings held an emotional press conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and a few dozen relatives, activists, community members and media assembled in the cold Tuesday outside the Hennepin County Courthouse. As loved ones spoke one by one, there were tears, prayers, anger and demands for justice. Often, remarks were followed by anguished cries of “Say his name!” and “Black Lives Matter!”