Jun 14, 2019
What started as a protest over the death of a Memphis man devolved into chaos after demonstrators threw bricks at police and vandalized squad cars, officials said.
At least 25 officers and deputies were injured in the melee Wednesday night, police said. Mayor Jim Strickland said six officers were taken to a hospital.
The turmoil came after US marshals shot and killed a man Wednesday night in the north Memphis neighborhood of Frayser, officials said.
News of 20-year-old Brandon Webber's death spread quickly as protesters hurled rocks at police, tore down a concrete wall outside a business and smashed the windows of squad cars and a fire station.
