Calkins: They arrested the East Parkway water guy? Now that’s a real civic outrage.
The corner of Poplar Avenue and East Parkway where DeMarcus Dickerson usually sells drinks Oct. 7, 2026. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
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Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
The Memphis Police Department arrested Demarcus Dickerson, the guy who sells water at the corner of East Parkway and Poplar. Why? For doing what he does. And, yes it’s an outrage.
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