Justice
Memphis: Spying on Activists Is Just Good Police Work
As an activist, Tami Sawyer was monitored by the Memphis Police Department. She was elected to the Shelby County Board of Commissioners on August 3, and can now keep track of the agents who were tracking her.
Democrats flipped Shelby County, Tennessee—where Memphis is located—from red to blue by winning 21 county offices on Election Day last week, many of them from Republican incumbents, including the county’s sheriff and mayor.
Among those elected in the rout was Tami Sawyer, a 36-year-old African-American woman and well-known activist in Memphis who was elected to the county board of commissioners. This blue surge is happening, however, just as another blue party—the police—is aiming to make a power move of its own.