jim strickland
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The Ugliness Behind the Scorpion Unit Doesn’t Stop at the Latest Lawsuit
Tyre Nichols’ death led to the disbanding of the entire unit as it goes under investigation.
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Feds Announce Civil Rights Investigation Into Tyre Nichols Case
It seems Nichols’ family isn’t the only one with questions.
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5 Black Officers Fired Following Tyre Nichols Investigation [Update]
I bet y’all were expecting a bunch of white faces.
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In the Dark of Night, 2 Confederate Statues in Memphis, Tenn., Come Down
For 113 years, a bronze statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest—a man who rose above his station thanks to the slave trade, a Confederate general who orchestrated the massacre of black soldiers at Fort Pillow, and the Ku Klux Klan’s first grand wizard—loomed over downtown Memphis, Tenn. At 9:01 p.m. Wednesday, a time the New York…