NAACP demands end of Trump’s anticrime taskforce in Memphis after deaths of Black men

The NAACP has demanded the suspension of the Memphis Safe Task Force, a Trump administration anti-crime initiative combining federal, state and local law enforcement, following the deaths of two Black men in Tennessee. Tyrin Johnson, 20, was shot by national guard troops on Sunday, while Darius Chappell, 34, was found dead in a county jail cell two days after a violent arrest involving a police dog on June 29. The NAACP called for a thorough federal investigation, citing the taskforce's involvement in at least four deaths this year and insufficient civilian policing training.