TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 12, 2023

Police in Memphis will be directed not to make traffic stops solely for low-level offenses like improperly placed license plates or a single broken brake light after council members passed an “Achieving Driving Equality” ordinance this week. Passage was a win for advocacy groups who have pushed for the change since the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died after being brutally beaten by Memphis police officers. Nichols was pulled over in a traffic stop before officers forced him from his vehicle, tased, chased and beat him. The Commercial Appeal has more.