Tennessee Highway Patrol releases additional dashcam video from Memphis anti-ICE protest amid lawmakers’ scrutiny

New footage follows January 11 protest incident and questions raised in state Capitol hearing

The Tennessee Highway Patrol has released additional dashcam video connected to an anti-ICE protest in Memphis held on January 11, 2026, after public allegations circulated that a trooper struck a protester with a vehicle. The agency said the new footage was made public to broaden understanding of what occurred during the demonstration and to allow the public to evaluate the events shown on video.

The newly released video shows protesters stepping into the roadway in front of a patrol vehicle and causing it to stop. The release comes after criticism from state lawmakers, including Memphis Democratic state Rep. Justin Pearson, who addressed Tennessee Highway Patrol leadership during a Tennessee House Transportation Committee meeting in Nashville on February 3, 2026. Pearson questioned the purpose and conduct of troopers’ presence at the protest and urged the agency to release additional video related to a separate allegation that a man identified as “KB” was run over.

At the committee meeting, Pearson said he was concerned by what he described as trooper vehicles moving toward a crowd and questioned why troopers were there during the protest.

The additional release follows an earlier dashcam video published on January 13, 2026—two days after the protest—after the agency said accusations that a person had been hit were false. In that earlier clip, a man is shown stepping into the roadway as a trooper maneuvers through traffic and protesters. The person briefly blocks the vehicle’s path, then moves aside and returns to a nearby vehicle. In a statement issued in January, the agency emphasized that peaceful protest is protected, while entering active roadways creates safety risks.

Competing accounts and an arrest tied to the protest

Organizers and protest participants have continued to dispute whether the released clips fully capture what took place. A local social justice organization’s vice president has said publicly that additional footage is needed to understand the broader sequence of events, including an interaction involving a woman who was arrested during the protest.

Arrest documents identify the woman as Rebecca Ann Leathers. Authorities have alleged that Leathers stood in front of a patrol vehicle as troopers attempted to maneuver through the crowd and that she struck the vehicle’s windows. Law enforcement accounts also state she did not cooperate during the arrest and became violent. Leathers has been charged with disorderly conduct, resisting official detention, and additional charges.

Advocacy groups including Indivisible Memphis and Free The 901 have called for full transparency and the release of all video from the incident, and have urged that Leathers’ charges be dismissed. They have described the troopers’ actions at the protest as an escalation and have disputed claims that Leathers was noncompliant.

What remains unresolved

• Whether additional footage exists that would clarify the moments not shown in the released clips.
• Whether any charges will be filed against the man shown in the January 13 dashcam video.
• How state officials and law enforcement agencies will respond to continuing demands for broader disclosure.

The dashcam releases have shifted the dispute from competing social-media accounts to a narrower debate over what the available video shows—and what it may not show—leaving key questions likely to hinge on whether more recordings are made public and how the pending criminal case proceeds.