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A pile of stuffed animals marks the spot where 15-year-old Justin Thompson fell, fatally shot by an off-duty Memphis police officer on a school night in a working-class neighborhood.
The Sept. 24 shooting is still under investigation, but the question of whether Officer Terrance Shaw used excessive force makes the case one more example for critics who say there is a years-long culture of misconduct in the police department of Tennessee's largest city.
This year, at least 23 Memphis officers and civilian personnel have been charged with crimes, from DUI and drug dealing to human sex trafficking. Going back to 2004, dozens of officers in the 2,400-officer force have been charged with corruption.
Thompson's death was a tipping point for Mayor A C Wharton Jr. in recently ordering a review of the department by an outside group, like Miami, Los Angeles and other major cities with troubled departments have done in the past.
Wharton says the department's arrests are causing the public to lose faith in its police. Among the most shocking of the arrests this year was an officer charged with sex trafficking, accused of making a deal while on duty to take prostitutes to work at a party in Mississippi.
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That officer was investigated and charged by the FBI's Tarnished Badge Task Force. It also investigated an officer charged with computer fraud and another charged with drug possession. Other officers have been charged this year with theft of property, felony shoplifting, domestic violence and DUI.
The call for an external investigation has put Police Director Toney Armstrong on the defensive. He says he's not resigning despite heavy public scrutiny.
Members of the community have held rallies decrying police corruption, saying they no longer trust the men and women charged with protecting them.
A group of church pastors â€" always an influential part of the Memphis community â€" has expressed support for the department and Armstrong, who has noted that the bad behavior of a few officers is tainting the actions of the entire force.
Community groups are trying to improve communication between residents and the police department. The Mid-South Peace & Justice Center is organizing meetings in which residents can talk directly with officers and voice their concerns.
"There are some who are angry, there are some who feel they are not being communicated with," said Melissa Miller-Monie, who organizes the Community-Police Relations project. "Some want answers. Some want changes in policies."
Even the cases that have not ended up in arrests have angered the community. An officer involved in a crash that killed two people in late August did not have his lights or sirens on, a violation of police policies.
"It appears that it's a systemic issue," said law enforcement consultant Melvin Tucker, who has served as police chief in four Southern cities. "It's a cultural problem more than likely. Something in the organization is allowing that to happen or not discouraging it."
Other cities major U.S. cities have faced similar problems and investigations hoping to solve them. After the Rodney King beating in 1991, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley appointed lawyer Warren Christopher to lead a commission to investigate the city's police department. Christopher later became President Clinton's Secretary of State.
More Teen's Shooting Fuels Criticism of Memphis... - ABC News Topics Question by FVCK LIEberal SCVM: Which is more dangerous to our country, "Citizens United" or celebrities who act like liberal hacks? Remember, Obama told the rich, elite liberal celebrities that they were the ones who would decide this election, not us working middle class... Best answer for Which is more dangerous to our country, "Citizens United" or celebrities who act like liberal hacks?:
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Celebrities.
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Citizens United s far more dangerous. At least the celebrities are actual people with real Constitutional rights and privileges.
Answer by Generation Fox
Celebrities aren't corporations. They're individual people. They can say whatever they please, and I could care less who they vote for. The CU ruling, which is my choice in this question, now permits corporations to donate unlimited funds to a political campaign, whilst you and I can only donate a few thousand dollars. Kevin Costner and Procter & Gamble are both free to donate millions of dollars, and I think this inequity should change, if we can only use a fraction of that to speak. I'd just like to point out that the rich and famous - movie stars, American Idol judges, etc. - are still actual PEOPLE. Nestle isn't a person, and neither is Kroger. These are business ventures and trademarks. That's kind of the distinction, there. Here's an example. Starbucks is a company whose founders are generally quite liberal. They donate to Obama, as meanwhile, the GOP, in some fantasy land, can't dig up nearly as many funds from corporations with a like mind, who will donate nearly as much money. They could rely on donations from their supporters and constituents, but then they end up losing because they just couldn't match the donations. Does that seem right to you? And think about this....In the above scenario, if a primary interest of the Starbucks' company was, say, tax-paid support for abortion on demand, and Obama won a reelection based on that company's donation, and then immediately added tax-paid abortions indefinitely to ''Obamacare,'' how would you react? Citizens United is about putting profits before the working class, plain and simple. When politicians are strictly at the service of a COMPANY, instead of YOU, then the outcome is never good. And f u c k Hollywood, anyway, just because.
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