Jonah Neal
Coverage of Jonah Neal in the Nexus archive.
- Crickets: Four fatal shootings by Memphis Task Force and little coverage from national news
The Memphis Safe Task Force, a federal-state agency coalition, has fatally shot four Black men and injured three others in two months. U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty praised the task force in a campaign ad highlighting its crime-fighting efforts, despite minimal national media coverage of the violence. Local outlets have reported on the incidents, but national news has largely overlooked them.
- Shelby County DA releases video of Burger King worker being killed by DEA agent in Memphis
A DEA agent assigned to the Memphis Safe Task Force fatally shot 41-year-old Darrin Pigram inside a Burger King kitchen while serving an arrest warrant. Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy announced he would not pursue charges against the agent, releasing surveillance videos that do not show Pigram reaching for a gun or the agent firing shots. This incident is part of four fatal shootings by the task force within two months, all involving Black victims.
- He was having a mental health crisis. Memphis task force agents came and shot him
Jonah Neal, 25, was shot by a Homeland Security Investigations agent during a mental health crisis in May. This incident is among at least four deadly shootings linked to the Memphis task force.