Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said two journalists were also injured when the crowd attacked police with bricks and rocks. “At least 24 officers and deputies were injured — six were taken to the hospital,” Strickland said in a Facebook post early Thursday morning. “The officers fired striking and killing the individual,” the release said, adding that no officers were injured in the immediate incident. Officials with the Memphis Police Department reported on Twitter that after the shooting, some police officers “received minor injuries” from people throwing “bricks/rocks” at them. Mayor Strickland posted, “Let me be clear—the aggression shown toward our officers and deputies tonight was unwarranted.”Read full story

Source: The Express Tribune June 13, 2019 11:15 UTC