Micaela Watts

@micaelawatts.bsky.social

Investigative reporter with the Institute for Public Service Reporting via University of Memphis. Covering environment and criminal justice. Inbox open for tips.

Underrated scoop from @anitawadhwani.bsky.social . This data would provide so much insight into the day-to-day operations of this expansive, expensive federal initiative. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said he cannot share this data with the public, because he may end up being punished by Trump.

Tennessee Lookout@tennesseelookout.com · 8mo ago

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said all Memphis Safe Task Force arrest information, including names, mugshots and charges, is compiled and provided to his office daily by federal officials, but he could not share it. From @anitawadhwani.bsky.social.

One day after a Hamilton County, TN jury voted on a blanket acquittal for three of the five officers caught on a Memphis police skycop camera fatally beating 29-yr-old Tyre Nichols, the family of Nichols gathered, flanked by 200ish Memphians, gathers outside of the National Civil Rights Museum.

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