Posted on Sep 12, 2023
Memphis Police pressured to change culture after high-profile killings and beatings
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Monterrious Harris doesn't leave his east Memphis home very often these days, still jittery after a brutal encounter with Memphis police.
It happed just a few days before the January beating death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols. Five former officers, who are also Black, are charged with murder in that case.
Harris, a soft-spoken 23-year-old, had driven to his cousin's apartment, but was intercepted as he tried to back his Chrysler 300 into a parking space.
"They were all wearing black masks," he says. "I remember two of them had big assault rifles."
Someone blinded him with a flashlight and demanded he get out of the car. Harris says he didn't know what was happening.
Monterrious Harris doesn't leave his east Memphis home very often these days, still jittery after a brutal encounter with Memphis police.
It happed just a few days before the January beating death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols. Five former officers, who are also Black, are charged with murder in that case.
Harris, a soft-spoken 23-year-old, had driven to his cousin's apartment, but was intercepted as he tried to back his Chrysler 300 into a parking space.
"They were all wearing black masks," he says. "I remember two of them had big assault rifles."
Someone blinded him with a flashlight and demanded he get out of the car. Harris says he didn't know what was happening.
Memphis Police pressured to change culture after high-profile killings and beatings
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This should not happen. Most police are good folks but the bad ones tend to be really bad.
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You get what you vote for...
Last Republican mayors:
Atlanta 1879, Detroit 1957, Chicago 1927, St. Louis 1949, Philadelphia 1952, Baltimore and Oakland 1960s, Newark 100 years, Camden 1936, San Francisco 1964, Minneapolis 1973, Portland 1980, Seattle 1969, Compton 1963, Memphis one Republican since 1967, Washington DC 1910, Houston 1933, Milwaukee 1908.
If there is so called “systemic racism” maybe we should look into the people who have been running the inner cities for decades.
Mike Mergner
Bloomfield, N.J.
PS. Neither political party has the answers to the problems facing inner-city America. I agree there needs to be a change in culture but there is much more money in keeping people divided that trying to work together for the better good. Tribe mentality divides us and that is good for business.
Last Republican mayors:
Atlanta 1879, Detroit 1957, Chicago 1927, St. Louis 1949, Philadelphia 1952, Baltimore and Oakland 1960s, Newark 100 years, Camden 1936, San Francisco 1964, Minneapolis 1973, Portland 1980, Seattle 1969, Compton 1963, Memphis one Republican since 1967, Washington DC 1910, Houston 1933, Milwaukee 1908.
If there is so called “systemic racism” maybe we should look into the people who have been running the inner cities for decades.
Mike Mergner
Bloomfield, N.J.
PS. Neither political party has the answers to the problems facing inner-city America. I agree there needs to be a change in culture but there is much more money in keeping people divided that trying to work together for the better good. Tribe mentality divides us and that is good for business.
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