TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Feb 21, 2023

Community leaders in Shelby County, including the local branch of the NAACP, are asking the Department of Justice to get involved in reform efforts on the local level. One of the paths forward include people calling for two separate consent decrees — one for the Memphis Police Department in light of the death of Tyre Nichols and one for the Shelby County Jail in light of the death of Gershun Freeman. If the Department of Justice investigates and finds the two entities constitutionally deficient, a governing body would come in and work with city and county leaders to improve said conditions. ABC24 has the full story.