Join us on Thursday, May 11th, as we CONTINUE to watch the watchers!
Activists and community members fought long and hard to re-establish Memphis’ Civilian Law Enforcement Review Board (CLERB), to review cases deemed unsustained or unfounded by MPD’s Internal Affair. So far this year, FOUR cases have been sustained by CLERB in favor of civilian complaintants.
We learned that as of Thursday, April 13, 2017, letters were sent to Memphis Police Director, Michael Rallings, outlining CLERB’s findings and recomendations in theses cases. By ordinance, the police director has 10 days to respond publicly to these recomendations and explain what he will or will not do in response.
Last Friday marked 10 full business days since the last CLERB meeting, when we were told these letters had been sent. By next Thursday’s meeting it will have been 19 full business days. In the meantime, we will be working to learn if Director Rallings has indeed complied with City Ordinance. The complainants in all of these cases have waited long enough, most of them years for some sort of answers, and we expect a satisfactory response by the next CLERB meeting.
Join us! Next Thursday, May 11th, City Hall (125 N Main, 5th Floor)
4-6PM (Public Meeting, so come and go as you please)
#PoliceAccountability #WatchTh
****Free Parking on Mud Island Lot (Poplar & Front)****