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#Congress authorized the #DOJ to conduct civil investigations into constitutional #abuses by #police, such as excessive use of force or racially-motivated policing, in 1994, as a response to the horrific beating of #RodneyKing, a #Black man, by #white #LAPD officers.

During #Biden's presidency, the #CivilRights Division launched 12 such "pattern or practice" investigations into police depts including #Phoenix, #NYC, #Trenton, #Memphis & #Lexington.

Balancing act: The Mississippi River has redefined its path over millennia. Its changing courses are part of its natural cycle.🏞 This design captures seven of those ancient routes in a single, compact sculptural object.
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#Southern #living #diningroom #interiordecor #finedining #silver #heirloom #jeweler #sculpture #antiques #antique #luxury #mississippi #river #memphis #NewOrleans #louisiana #MississippiRiver #historic #maps #historical #geography #history #heritage #craftsmanship #art #design #jewelry #style

#ApartheidClyde’s plant started up almost a year ago in a predominantly black #Memphis zip code that was already overwhelmed with smog. This is generational environmental #racism exacerbated by the broligarchs who are not making #Tennessee a better place.

#ElonMusk’s #artificialintelligence company is belching smog-forming #pollution into an area of South Memphis that already leads the state in emergency department visits for asthma.

None of the 35 methane #gas turbines that help power xAI’s massive supercomputer is equipped with pollution controls typically required by federal rules.”
#AI #environment #health

politico.com/news/2025/05/06/e

3 former #Memphis officers not guilty in death of #TyreNichols

A jury found 3 fmr #MemphisPolice officers not guilty of all charges in the death of Tyre Nichols, including the most serious charge of 2nd degree #murder.

The men, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley & Justin Smith, faced a total of 7 counts in the state trial for their role in the 2023 fatal beating of Nichols, a 29-yr-old father who had told officers he was on his way home when they stopped him.

#law #ACAB
npr.org/2025/05/07/nx-s1-53884

"He's always been a robber baron who cares about nothing but profit and his own glorification. Environmental issues were merely a tool for him. Data centers use a lot more power than his EV's. The Crapto scam is an environmental disaster that produces no real product."

Musk’s artificial intelligence company is belching smog-forming pollution into an area of South #Memphis that already leads the state in emergency department visits for asthma.

None of the 35 methane gas turbines that help power xAI’s massive supercomputer is equipped with pollution controls typically required by federal rules.

politico.com/news/2025/05/06/e

@Frau_Sofa @petergleick bookshop. org can partner with your local bookshop allowing them to sell things like e-books that most independent book stores can't otherwise do.

For example here's Burke's Book Store bookshop.org/shop/burkesbooks in #Memphis. Unfortunately, the don't (yet?) Have very many e-books and don't make it easy to search for #DRMFree e-books.

However they are improving. The book page for the book mentioned in this post indieweb.social/@mcrocker/1139 is already better than it was then.

#RIP Winston Conrad Martindale aka show biz personality #WinkMartindale, whose career spanned decades before he passed at age 90 in #RanchoMirage California this week

His career started as a teenaged 50's radio DJ in #Memphis , who became an early #Elvis supporter where some of The King's very first on air appearances began in 1954. Elvis guested on Wink Martindale's "Teenage Dance Party" TV Show on June 16th, 1956 and clips are available on YouTube. Martindale himself made his own spoken word records, including "Deck of Cards" which hit No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and sold over a million copies in 1959.

Hollywood was soon calling after his hit single, and Wink moved west to take DJ slots on a series of multiple LA stations including KHJ, KRLA, KFWB , KABC and had locally aired Southern California shows on air until an early 1990s stint on KJQI ended. He also was a syndicated radio host who was the voice on many programs, including a daily 3 hr show called the "Music of Your Life" that ran on some 200 stations until 2007.

His national TV #GameShow hosting era started in 1964 on the NBC show "What's This Song?", and over decades included stints on "Gambit" , #HighRollers and the most popular being #TicTacDough which ran from late 70s until 1985.

Martindale also co-created , produced and hosted an interactive 1990's version of #TrivialPursuit that ran on #FamilyChannel and made TV interpretations of other board games including #Boggle. Other cable ventures included game shows for #TravelChannel , USA Network and even #Lifetime who canceled his show about contestants digging out of #Debt after learning the viewers were more men than women. Much of the game show content highlights would end up on his popular YouTube channel "Wink's Vault".

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