After the video was released on Friday, there was an expectation or a real fear that Memphis might explode in protests. I did not share those fears because I know my people and they love the city just like I do. They want to hold it accountable because they love it. And they have no desire to destroy the city. We're not the ones bringing the drama, bringing the smoke. That's where things turn into a chaotic environment.
Memphis braced for an explosive reaction to footage of the deadly police beating. It never came. Wendi C. Thomas of the nonprofit newsroom MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, wasn’t surprised: “I know this city.”
This episode was produced by Siona Peterous and Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Hady Mawajdeh, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Noel King.
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