TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Jan 4, 2024

Memphis Mayor Paul Young said today in his first press conference since taking office that he plans to enforce a slate of ordinances passed by the Memphis City Council in the wake of Tyre Nichols' death, the Commercial Appeal reports. A few days before stepping down from office, former mayor Jim Strickland said he did not enforce the ordinances because he believed them to be “illegal,” MLK50 reports. The ordinances included prohibitions on police making traffic stops for low-level violations or in an unmarked vehicles. After the press conference, Memphis Police Department Chief Cerelyn "C.J." Davis said the department had been enforcing the ordinances as internal policies.