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Memphis rallies for progressive Democrat after four fatal shootings by taskforce: ‘fight of our lives’
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Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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The Guardian World
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Memphis rallies for progressive Democrat after four fatal shootings by taskforce: ‘fight of our lives’

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley and Summer Lee join rally to support Justin Pearson’s bid for Congress More than a thousand people rallied for Justin Pearson, a Democratic state representative running for Congress, in the wake of four fatal shootings by members of Donald Trump’s Memphis Safe Task Force over the last two months. Crowds packed New Direction Christian church in the city’s Hickory Hill neighborhood in support of Pearson, who is running in the now-fractured ninth congressional district’s Democratic primary. Continue reading...

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