Christopher Blank
News Director at WKNO-FM (Cordova, TN)
WKNO News Director; Senior Producer, University of Memphis Institute for Public Service Reporting
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1 week ago |
wknofm.org | Christopher Blank
The not guilty verdict was still echoing across Memphis as Tyre Nichols’ family and supporters gathered in front of the National Civil Rights Museum Thursday to make sense of the trial’s outcome. Three former Memphis police officers had escaped seven charges apiece, ranging from second degree murder to official misconduct for their role in Nichols' fatal arrest.
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1 week ago |
wknofm.org | Christopher Blank
WKNO TRANSCRIPT CHRISTOPHER BLANK (Host): The not guilty verdict for the three Memphis police officers charged in the beating death of Tyre Nichols has left many in the Memphis community trying to make sense of it. With us to talk about the fallout is political analyst Otis Sanford. Welcome back. OTIS SANFORD: Thank you, Chris. Thank you for having me. BLANK: You'll remember when this incident happened back in 2023.
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1 week ago |
wknofm.org | Christopher Blank
The not guilty verdict was still echoing across Memphis as Tyre Nichols’ family and supporters gathered in front of the National Civil Rights Museum Thursday to make sense of the trial’s outcome. Three former Memphis police officers — seen in multiple videos punching and kicking Nichols who had fled on foot from a traffic stop in 2023 — had escaped seven charges apiece, ranging from second degree murder to official misconduct. "Change will come," said Tyre’s friend, Angelina Paxton.
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1 week ago |
wknofm.org | Christopher Blank
On all charges, three former Memphis Police Officers standing trial in the beating death of motorist Tyre Nichols were found not guilty, Wed. May 7. The sequestered jury had been brought in from the Chattanooga area to decide whether Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith were each guilty of second degree murder and other charges.
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2 weeks ago |
wknofm.org | Christopher Blank
WKNO TRANSCRIPT CHRISTOPHER BLANK (Host): Tennessee is still taking stock of this year's host of new state laws. With us again to talk about what passed is political analyst Otis Sanford. Welcome back. OTIS SANFORD: Thank you for having me, Chris. BLANK: Well, before we get to those, Otis, Monday's loss of historic Clayborn Temple in a fire came as a real shock to everybody.
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