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Civil rights leaders say acquittals in Tyre Nichols’ death highlight the need for police reform

  • May 8, 2025
  • By Adrian Sainz, Jonathan Mattise, & Graham Lee Brewer
  • The Associated Press
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Memphis landmark of the civil rights movement destroyed by fire

  • May 7, 2025
  • By The Tennessee Tribune
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Members of the Memphis Police Department work a crime scene in Memphis, Tennessee, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Photo credit: Gerald Herbert, The Associated Press
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Justice Department and the city of Memphis, in wake of Tyre Nichols case, to address scathing report on police

  • December 5, 2024
  • By The Associated Press
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Elmore Nickleberry in 2008 holding a replica of a sign from the 1968 sanitation workers’ strike outside the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Photo credit: Carl Juste
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Elmore Nickleberry, sanitation worker in ’68 Memphis strike, dies at 92

  • January 25, 2024
  • By Steven Greenhouse
  • The Tennessee Tribune
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RowVaughn Wells, second from left, the mother of Tyre Nichols, flanked by family members of Nichols, speaks during a candlelight vigil on the anniversary of her son's death Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. Nichols lost his life following a violent beating by five Memphis Police officers in January 2023. Photo credit: Karen Pulfer Focht, The Associated Press
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Tyre Nichols’ family gathers for vigil 1 year after police brutally beat him

  • January 8, 2024
  • By Adrian Sainz
  • The Associated Press
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This combination of images provided by the Memphis, Tenn., Police Department shows, top row from left, officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, and, bottom row from left, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith. The five former Memphis police officers are now facing federal civil rights charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols as they continue to fight second-degree murder charges in state courts arising from the killing. They were indicted Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in U.S. District Court in Memphis. Photo credit: Memphis Police Department via The Associated Press
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5 former officers charged with federal civil rights violations in Tyre Nichols beating death

  • September 12, 2023
  • By Adrian Sainz & Jonathan Mattise
  • The Associated Press
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