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Residents press council for police accountability, call for chief’s resignation after DOJ findings
Summary
Public commenters at the Jan. 13 Memphis City Council meeting urged formal accountability following a Department of Justice report, alleging police misconduct, failures to collect evidence and internal affairs monitoring; one speaker called for Police Chief C.J. Davis to resign.
Several Memphis residents used the council’s public-comment period on Jan. 13 to demand accountability from the city and the Memphis Police Department following the Justice Department’s findings and to request documented responses and investigations.
Ewena Philly, who identified herself as a civil-rights activist and a pro se litigant against the city, said DOJ recommendations grounded in community testimony had not been implemented and demanded a documented response, a formal investigation,…
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