Monday, April 23, 2018

Charges dropped against 'street theater' actor who cited ICE prison abuses

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Charges were dismissed today against a second defendant who was arrested April 3 while participating in a “street theater” performance dram...
Friday, April 20, 2018

Knoxville Police Chief Slams Anti-Immigrant Bills amid Spotlight on Tennessee

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Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch says proposed legislation in the General Assembly that would require police to cooperate with federal i...
Monday, April 9, 2018

Southern Poverty Law Center Joins Legal Action to Free Memphis Journalist; Vigil 6 p.m. Tonight

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Latino Journalist Manuel Duran reports from an action, minutes before he was arrested in Memphis Photo by Moore Media Images Why did...
Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Net Neutrality is Not Some Geeky Concept: It's the First Amendment Itself

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NATIONWIDE DAY OF PROTEST TO PRESERVE NET NEUTRALITY, AKA THE FIRST AMENDMENT Dec. 7, 2017 Net Neutrality is still an obscure term for a ...
Friday, November 24, 2017

Chipping Away at the First Amendment in Memphis, Tennessee

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“No single encroachment upon liberty, considered alone, ever seems worthy of great effort to destroy. Ultimately, the established precedent...
Friday, October 20, 2017

Trump-Sessions Block DOJ's Review of Memphis Police

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The Department of Justice collaborative review of the Memphis Department of Police Services is dead in the water almost a year after it wa...
Monday, October 9, 2017

Maneuvering the Minefield of Bureaucracy and Confederates

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Confusion and delay often are the tactics of an institution trying to resist change, and here are two pieces of confusion and delay we seek ...
Thursday, October 5, 2017

Did Memphis Arrest People for 'Engaging in Public Protest?'

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Police Move in to Arrest Citizens who Oppose Confederate Statues in City Parks Memphis city attorney Bruce McMullen's statement th...
Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Slow Road or Rad Road to Removing Rebel Statues?

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Before police swoop in to make arrests, statue opponents unfurl a Black Lives Matter banner  State Sen. Lee Harris says the city of...