Mickey Wright

Memphis,Tennessee. In this case, a white auto dealer plead guilty to murdering a Memphis code enforcement officer, Mr. Mickey Wright, who happened to be African American. The accused stated that he not only killed the code enforcement officer, but he chopped him up into pieces and stuffed parts of his remains in vehicles that were due to be crushed. The dealer, Mr. Dale Mardis, plead guilty to murder charges and he received with the OK of the prosecution a sentence of 15 years. The dealer warned the Memphis Code Enforcement Office to not send any African American officers to inspect his property. The officer was killed while performing his official duties.