Family, friends, activists are out front of the National Civil Rights Museum protesting the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols who died after an MPD traffic stop.
THIS is one of the most shocking jail lawsuits I've seen: An mentally ill man with an IQ of 55 who was being held on $1000 bail literally *starved to death* in an Arkansas jail.
They put him in solitary, he decompensated - and he died. THREAD: https://t.co/ZYMoZrV3IW
It had been a perfect day for Caitlyne Gonzales. The Uvalde survivor saw Beto O'Rourke, one of her gun-safety heroes, speak. She took a selfie with him, got free shirts, ate fried chicken after.
Then, on the way home, police lights flashed behind her family's car.
A thread:
Memphis-Shelby County Schools recognizes the ‘Memphis 13’ who desegregated of public schools in Memphis in 1961. https://t.co/jcdjhthZoO
@SCSK12Unified #Memphis13
NEW, just in time for Labor Day:
58% of people in state prisons have jobs. Most do menial labor. 70% of them say they’re required to work; they don’t choose to.
More in our new report on work and programming in state prisons: https://t.co/F5gzqAjZPJ
Jill Schock, a death doula whom Gabriella Walsh hired to walk alongside her in her final months, used to work as a chaplain in an emergency room, but disliked the realm of sudden death.
Read the story: https://t.co/USN8Aak6bm
Inflation has a hidden impact on the criminal justice system. When states don't update their felony theft thresholds (the dollar amount separating felonies from misdemeanors), they effectively become tougher on crime as inflation happens.
*sigh* This is the last time the @DailyHelmsman will feature the words managing editor and my name together.
Working for the paper made my college experience and changed the direction my life was going.
Forever grateful 🤙🏻
With graduation on the horizon, editor-in-chief Lucas Finton reflects on his time at the University of Memphis and the Daily Helmsman for one last time. https://t.co/3DlI9PyQj0
Dillon Brooks said he got the $15,000 fine for Coach Jenkins.
Desmond Bane said the vets got it but when he gets his deal, he’ll “be ready to throw out a little pennies here & there.”
Jenkins said, “not a chance. I appreciate it but not a chance” on Brooks paying it.
“The Department of Justice (DOJ) opened investigations into Parchman and three other state-operated Mississippi prisons in 2020 as civil rights advocates called for urgent changes at Mississippi's state prison system. The probes into the three other prisons are ongoing.”
Mississippi violated the U.S. Constitution with unsafe prison conditions that contributed to deadly violence among inmates, the Department of Justice says https://t.co/dhDu9PmvBn https://t.co/dhDu9PmvBn
At some point, an athlete has battled adversity in his or her career. University of Memphis Wide Receiver Calvin Austin III conquered adversity his senior year of high school up until now as he’s set to prepare for the NFL Draft. https://t.co/PE7Gya6Adr