Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Memphis PD Monitor to Conduct Focus Groups Feb. 25-28

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The Memphis Police Department Independent Monitor will hear from citizens in small focus groups next week beginning Tuesday, Feb. 25, at ...
Saturday, February 15, 2020

Court-Appointed Monitor Warns of 'Slippery Slope' in Memphis Police New Social Media Policy

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The federal court-appointed Memphis Police Department Independent Monitor has objected to MPD’s proposed social media policy in a  Jan. 8 l...
Monday, August 12, 2019

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Two years ago today...Charlottesville...Trump-stoked white nationalists came out. Heather Heyer lost her life opposing hate and bigotry wh...
Friday, May 24, 2019

Slicing and Dicing Citizen Oversight of Police in Tennessee and the USA

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Wendy Zuniga (with bullhorn) and Memphis citizens urge City Council to reinstate oversight (July 2015) Toward the end of the day, sta...
Sunday, March 3, 2019

On Your Uber Ride to Downtown Nashville, Watch Out for Those Political Potholes

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While taking an Uber ride to the second Community Oversight Board meeting, I realized I had underestimated the rancor and divide in Nashvill...
Saturday, January 26, 2019

Community Oversight: 7 Ways New Nashville Board Can Connect

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As Metro Nashville Council fills appointments to the new Community Oversight Board, what will soon matter most to the board and admi...
Friday, July 27, 2018

Using a FOIA to get information out of the government

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Besides our right and ability to vote, which remains under attack, and First Amendment, which has been under attack forever but with greate...