Rep. Justin Pearson, D‑Memphis, is blocked by the Sergeant at Arms as he tries to enter a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on the second day of a special redistricting session at the Tennessee State Office Building. Republicans have reconvened behind closed doors after protesters shut down the previous day’s hearing on a GOP plan to dismantle Memphis’s lone majority‑Black congressional district.
The discussion reads Hester’s doorway standoff as a live test of whether civil‑rights‑era victories on access and representation can withstand today’s more openly authoritarian playbook.
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