A casket left sitting for hours on the corner of a Memphis convenience store drew widespread attention on social media after a local activist broadcast the scene via Facebook live.
Memphis Police later responded to the unusual scene Monday after the casket was reported in the parking lot of a Speedy Corner convenience located at Park Avenue and Grand Street in the Orange Mound neighborhood.
Keith Leachman, a Memphis community activist with “Stop the Killing, Cut the Beef,” broadcast live from the scene on Facebook, expressing his dismay. “I don’t know if it’s a prank or what, but this is nonsense,” Leachman stated, questioning if a body might be inside. He voiced his shock and heartbreak, especially given the city’s ongoing struggles with gun violence, emphasizing that “death is not a laughing matter.”…