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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — The Shelby County Commission voted Wednesday to reappoint Justin J. Pearson to the state House seat from which he was expelled. All seven commissioners who were present voted yes on the reappointment: Henri Brooks, Edmund Ford Jr., Erika Sugarmon, Charlie Caswell, Shante Avant, Miska Clay-Bibbs and Mickell Lowery. Commissioners Amber Mills, […]
The Shelby County Commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to reinstate Justin Pearson to his former seat less than a week after his Republican colleagues in the Tennessee legislature, who make up a supermajority, kicked him and another lawmaker out for participating in a protest following a mass shooting at a school.
Less than a week after Republicans expelled him from the state House after leading a protest in the legislature calling for gun law reforms, Justin J. Pearson gets his seat back.
Justin Pearson returns to the Tennessee House of Representatives after his expulsion last week.
Less than a week after Republicans expelled him from the state House after leading a protest in the legislature calling for gun law reforms, Justin J. Pearson gets his seat back.