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Category: Criminal Justice

A crowd of people holding protest signs.
Posted inGovernment

Gov. Lee’s proposed gun dispossession plan fails domestic violence victims

by Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio May 2, 2023May 2, 2023

The problem with the Gov. Bill Lee’s proposal is more than just political. The approach would expand a system already in use in Tennessee — one that has allowed guns to slip through the cracks with deadly consequences.

Two Memphis police cars parked facing each other on opposite sides of an empty street at night.
Posted inGovernment

Memphis crime rate setting records, demanding innovation

by Tom Jones May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
A neon sign reading "Police" is reflected on an empty storefront window on Beale Street.
Posted inJuvenile Justice

Embattled MPD set sights on the little guy – children downtown, and we have big questions

by Brittany Brown April 25, 2023April 25, 2023
Posted inPolicing in America

Five children taken from Black family after rural Tennessee traffic stop returned home

by Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout April 17, 2023April 17, 2023
Posted inDemocracy

National, state faith leaders to hold ‘Moral Monday’ event at state capitol

by Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout April 13, 2023April 18, 2023
Posted inPolicing in America

Legislature poised to dissolve community-led police oversight boards in Nashville and Memphis

by Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout April 12, 2023May 17, 2023
Posted inCriminal Justice

Tyre Nichols family, organizers mistrustful of Council’s police reform ordinance

by Brittany Brown April 6, 2023May 17, 2023
Posted inPolicing in America

A Black family fights to get their kids back from Tennessee Department of Children’s Services

by Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout March 17, 2023May 11, 2023
Reginald Dean, a Black man, stands in front of a Dollar General store at night.
Posted inPolicing in America

Aggressive policing in Memphis goes far beyond the Scorpion Unit

by Daphne Duret, Weihua Li and Marc Perrusquia March 14, 2023May 17, 2023
A group of panelists sit below an image of Tyre Nichols
Posted inPolicing in America

Activists, a scholar and a filmmaker reflect on safety and policing in Memphis

by Brittany Brown March 2, 2023May 17, 2023

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