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Black Lives Matter Asks Public to Help Demand Clemency for Cyntoia Brown

Black Lives Matter Nashville, along with activists nationwide, has started a campaign asking the public to pressure Tennessee’s outgoing governor to grant clemency to Cyntoia Brown, a sex trafficking victim currently serving a life sentence for first-degree murder. In 2004, when she was 16, Brown was convicted in the first-degree murder of 43-year-old Johnny Allen,…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

December 17, 2018
Law Enforcement, News, Police Brutality

'Tired of Talking': Nashville Community Demands Police Chief's Resignation After Cop Shoots Black Man in Back

“Just because someone is running away from you doesn’t mean you can gun them down. Just because someone doesn’t listen to you doesn’t mean you can gun them down” – Pastor Napoleon Harris, First Baptist Church, Nashville, Tenn. text Pastor Harris is referring to 25-year-old Daniel Hambrick, who was fatally shot in the back after…

By

Angela Helm

Published

August 9, 2018