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

Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley join rally to support Justin Pearson's bid for a seat in Congress

More than a thousand people rallied for Justin Pearson, a Democratic state representative running for Congress, in the wake of four fatal shootings by members of the Memphis Safe Task Force over the last two months.

Crowds packed New Direction Christian Church in the city's Hickory Hill neighborhood in support of Pearson, who is running in the now-fractured ninth congressional district's Democratic primary.