Marc Perrusquia
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@MarcPerrusquia
Journalist in residence at the University of Memphis. Formerly with the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Back-sliding runner, family guy, and Wisconsin Badgers fan.
Split Decision: Rape Victims Get Mixed Rulings In Suits Against the City of Memphis. A judge dismisses Alicia Franklin’s suit, while another judge certifies a class action suit for failure to test rape kits: bit.ly/3FGZPo8
Did a deficient rape investigation lead to Eliza Fletcher’s murder? Breaking a long silence, the girlfriend of accused murderer Cleotha Henderson adds new questions to a troubling case that started in a vacant apartment. Our story: bit.ly/3l1NzXZ
Beatings, high-speed chases in unmarked police cars among emerging concerns as attorneys brace for dismissal of numbers of SCORPION cases. Our latest in the beating death of Tyre Nichols: bit.ly/3xpU89f
Summary: the Tyre Nichols case is exceptional in many ways, and by itself doesn't signal a shift in how America handles police death cases (though perhaps it will lead to changes.) Here's my Access to Justice article - it's free. @justice_law360 @Law360 law360.com/access-to-just…
Memphis police have shot or killed 7 people since late November. Though pundits praise MPD for its transparency in releasing details in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, no bodycam footage has been released in the other cases. Our story: bit.ly/3JOSHbQ
Suspended MPD Officer Preston Hemphill was part of MPD's controversial SCORPION unit. Our breaking investigation: bit.ly/3HNIDig
The beating death of Tyre Nichols reopens a heated debate about public access to police body camera footage. It's a good time to dust off our June 2021 examination of the lack of transparency and accessibility in bodycam programs: bit.ly/3wIHT7B
Yesterday, we reported the aggressive “zero tolerance" tactics of MPD’s SCORPION unit. Now, we’ve added links to several arrest affidavits that provide the first detailed glimpse into the operations that led to the beating death of Tyre Nichols. Our story: bit.ly/3XPdZus
Somehow, convicted kidnapper Cleotha Henderson got a job as a security guard at FedEx Freight. Jailed last year for alleged burglaries there, he was never questioned about a 2021 rape. Weeks later, he allegedly murdered Eliza Fletcher. Our investigation: bit.ly/3GCj8yt
