{"id":1060,"date":"2022-02-23T16:04:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/memphis-activist-wants-more-changes-beyond-8-cant-wait-campaign-to-reform-mpd\/"},"modified":"2022-11-16T21:17:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T21:17:14","slug":"memphis-activist-wants-more-changes-beyond-8-cant-wait-campaign-to-reform-mpd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/memphis-activist-wants-more-changes-beyond-8-cant-wait-campaign-to-reform-mpd\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis Activist Wants More Changes to Reform MPD"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to Memphis Police, the number of complaints about excessive force peaked at 55 in 2016 and have dropped to 36 in 2017, 37 in 2018, and 39 in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The number of complaints by citizens has dropped as well. According to Memphis Police, there were 622 complaints to internal affairs. The number of complaints jumped to 751 in 2018 and then dropped to 656 in 2019, according to data provided by Memphis Police.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI do applaud their efforts, but I would like to see it with some more meat particularly with the reformation of the police department,\u201d Al Lewis, Memphis Coalition of Concerned Citizens<\/a> founding member. \u201cThat will be only way they\u2019ll have a chance of getting some transparency and some accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lewis is an activist.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In addition to the\u00a0\u201c8 Can\u2019t Wait\u201d<\/a>\u00a0suggestions, he wants city leaders to take a closer look at other police tactics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI wish they would also take a look at the setup that police use to justify some of their tactics, such as bending a person\u2019s wrist to the point where they, the body automatically resists, and they are beginning shout stop resisting, stop resisting,\u201d Lewis said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lewis believes true reform starts with dissolving the Memphis Police Department.<\/p>\n

For more information, please check out the full article from Fox 13 Memphis.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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