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I started watching the police body camera video once, and then I turned off my TV and left the room to compose myself. I was reminded of my own encounters with cops, as a brown woman, that may have gone awry, ending with my death if I had been a Black man.
The Governor's order says the state respects peaceful protests, but their concern is acts of violence. While Atlanta's protests for Tyre Nichols have been peaceful, organizers believe the executive order was meant to silence them.
The crowd at Handy Park heard Downtown Memphis Commission President Paul Young ask, “the question for our city is: what are we going to next?”