My Memphis trauma revolves around the universe of Wiley Benton who was one of twelve children born to my maternal great grandparents. A young Wiley left home to run an errand in 1930's Memphis in a part of the city where houses fade into trees. Hours, days later, he never returned. Never. His was the empty plate at every family reunion in Memphis and during all the Christmas dinners of his siblings in Chicago and Los Angeles. https://audreyshipp.substack.com/p/cop-brutality-memphis-and-nigerias