Editing Memphis, Tennessee (section)

=== 21st century ===
[[File:Memphis Skyline at Night January 2015.jpg|thumb|The downtown skyline at night in 2015]]On June 2, 2021, the remains of Confederate General and [[Ku Klux Klan]] leader [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]] were removed from a Memphis park.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jackson |first1=Amanda |last2=Sayers |first2=Devon M. |title=The remains of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife are being removed from a Memphis park |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/01/us/nathan-bedford-forrest-body-bring-moved-trnd/index.html |access-date=June 3, 2021 |work=CNN |date=June 1, 2021}}</ref>

On January 7, 2023, after a routine traffic stop, five African American police officers brutally beat a 29-year-old African American man, [[Tyre Nichols]]. Nichols died from his injuries in the hospital three days later. Officer [[body cam]] footage and local surveillance cameras captured the altercations, which were described as "heinous" and showed "a total lack of regard for human life", according to Memphis police chief Cerelyn "CJ" Davis.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/us/tyre-nichols-investigation-tuesday/index.html | title=First police report in Tyre Nichols case does not match video of deadly beating | website=[[CNN]] | date=January 31, 2023 }}</ref> The officers were fired and charged with second-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, and other crimes. The relatively rapid dismissal and prosecution of the offending officers were favorably perceived by Nichols's family, and Davis called it a "blueprint" for future incidents of police brutality nationwide. The incident also resulted in the disbanding of the city's "SCORPION" unit, which had been mandated with directly combating the most violent crimes in the city. All the officers charged with involvement in Nichols's death were members of the unit.<ref name="auto2"/>