On June 9th, the Roxy Regional Theatre marquee that has been dark since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was lit for eight minutes and forty-six seconds. The time signifying the amount of time a now removed police officer left his knee on George Floyd’s neck.
30-year-old Troy Wright was charged with inciting to riot and driving on a revoked license after attempting to encourage violence towards law enforcement during a Clarksville protest last Saturday, per report.
Clarksville Police Department leaders have presented Mayor Joe Pitts with a “top-to-bottom review” of the Department’s processes and protocols regarding arrests, use of force and police-bias prevention.
CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — A few hundred Clarksville residents joined together with local government officials at One Millennium Plaza to show support for Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin and others that have died at the hands of racial inequality and injustice.
