Memphis rallies for progressive Democrat after four fatal shootings by taskforce: ‘Fight of our lives’

More than a thousand people packed a church in Memphis to rally behind Justin Pearson, a Democratic state representative now running for Congress, The Guardian reports. The turnout came in the wake of four fatal shootings by members of the Memphis Safe Task Force over the past two months. Pearson is competing in the Democratic primary for the city's fractured ninth congressional district, and the rally drew high-profile support from Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley. Supporters cast the contest as a defining fight over the district's political direction.

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