Justice for Tyre Nichols
Demands
Demands of the Family
- Charge the officers
- Name all officers and public personnel that were on scene
- Release the officers’ files
- End the SCORPION Unit
Community Demands
- Pass the Data Transparency Ordinance as a council
- End the use of pretextual traffic stops
- End the use of unmarked cars and plainclothes officers
- Remove police from traffic enforcement entirely
- Dissolve the SCORPION, OCU, and MGU- end the use of future task forces.
Take Action for Tyre
In 2020 DeCarcerate Memphis formed to create resistance strategies against Operation Relentless Pursuit, a federal initiative aimed to intensify federal law enforcement resources into seven cities, and Operation LeGend, an initiative where federal agents assist state and local law enforcement to eliminate the “sudden surge” in crime.
DeCarcerate Memphis is a coalition composed of community leaders, activists, attorneys, strategists, clergy and concerned residents who uplift the people’s definition of safety by shifting power and resources from punitive measures to community-led solutions.
Today, Decarcerate Memphis exists to apply common sense strategies and a community-oriented approach to the problematic system of policing. We do this by demanding funds are equitably allocated and resisting the criminalization of the poor.
Resist Operation Relentless Pursuit & Operation Legend
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Department of Justice
May 12, 2020
Memphis and Shelby County Receive More Than $11M in Awards to Support Efforts to Combat Violent Crime
The Washington Post
July 23, 2020
Trump’s ‘Operation Legend’ was supposed to combat crime. It’s produced one arrest, and some see a political stunt.
The Nation
July 24, 2020
Why Are Mayors Inviting Trump’s Federal Agents Into Their Cities?
The Daily Memphian
July 27, 2020
DeCarcerate Memphis calls for transparency in federal law enforcement initiative
The Marshall Project
July 31, 2020
As More Federal Agents Enter American Cities, Local Leaders Can’t Keep Them In Line
Take Action Now
Concerned citizens of Memphis, Tennessee and Shelby County are organizing and mobilizing against Operation Relentless Pursuit, an initiative that allocates federal resources to Memphis, Tennessee and six other cities, and Operation LeGend an initiative designed for the Federal Bureau of Investigations to work with state and local law enforcement to fight the “sudden surge” of violent crime in Memphis.
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