memphis
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Cops Shot Davonte Weatherford but Wouldn't Release the Body Camera Footage. So He Released it Himself
All Davonte Weatherford wants is justice. When Weatherford survived being shot by a Memphis, Tenn., police officer in 2017, protests erupted in the city. Memphians said it was another case of a black man being needlessly targeted by Memphis law enforcement officers, while local officials said Weatherford endangered the lives of police officers. To defend…
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Drag 'King' Performs at Fundraiser Dressed in Blackface
Muddy, the King of Memphis. That’s who was on the program as the “Special Guest Male Impersonator” during a drag king performance for a local youth suicide prevention group fundraiser in Hawaii. Well, it turns out that Muddy, the fucking King of Memphis was some old minstrel-show shit. According to Queerty, whoever the fuck Muddy…
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Trump Effect: Spokesman for GOP Senate Hopeful Called Memphis, New Orleans and Baltimore 'Shitholes'
Remember when Donald Trump referred to black countries as “shitholes” and then tried to lie and say he didn’t say it and then Omarosa got kicked out of the White House and confirmed that he said it? Well, it looks like the deplorable GOP leaf doesn’t fall far from the decrepit GOP tree as a…
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Psychiatrist Accused of Treating Depression With Good Old-Fashioned Ass Whoopings
Because current scientific literature does not recognize “go get my belt” as a viable psychological treatment, a black Memphis, Tenn., psychiatrist has been forced to temporarily close her office after an investigation determined that she used whips on multiple patients. According to The Tennessean, the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners suspended the license (pdf) of…
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Raccoon to Memphis, Tenn., Family: ‘Look at Me, I’m the Renter Now’
A family of raccoons has invaded a Memphis, Tenn., family’s house and terrorized Karlyn Shamley and her two daughters. Not only have the raccoons ransacked the house, but the home’s landlord doesn’t seem to care about the problem the Shamleys are having. According to Shamley, there’s a hole in the roof of her house and…
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Tennessee Mom Furious After Video Shows Teacher Dragging 7-Year-Old Boy Off School Bus by His Feet
A Memphis, Tenn., mom is demanding answers after horrifying video shows her 7-year-old son being dragged off a school bus by his feet … by a teacher who should know way better. In fact, Kimberly Hardin, the child’s mother, didn’t know what her son had gone through at the hands of the educator until another…
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Tennessee Lawmakers Punish City of Memphis for Removing Confederate Statues
You think you know petty, but do you know Tennessee Legislature petty? Tennessee state lawmakers are still big mad about the removal of a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest—a Confederate general best known for his brutal massacre of black Union soldiers and for being the Ku Klux Klan’s first grand wizard—from a Memphis public park.…
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Memphis, Tenn., Honors 1968 Sanitation Workers With I Am a Man Plaza
Perhaps no phrase encapsulates the sentiment of the struggle for freedom, justice and equality more than “I am a man.” Every day during the 1968 Memphis, Tenn., sanitation workers’ strike, Memphis’ black sanitation employees would meet downtown at the historic Clayborn Temple. When the men arrived, they would pick up picket signs that read, “I…
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America Did This: An Open Letter to Memphis, Tenn.
You are beautiful. The way you sparkle in the reflection of the mighty Mississippi River. The way the trumpets bellow from the bowels of Beale Street. The way you don’t give a damn about consonants when you talk. The way you bathe yourself in blues riffs, barbecue smoke … and pain. A lot of pain.…