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MEMernet: Best of 2020

Best of the Year

Thank you, citizens of the MEMernet. You perfectly captured this wild year online for all of us. Here are some of the year’s best.

Power of a Post

Roxie’s Grocery blew up after an epic and hilarious post from Kim Scott on the Where Black Memphis Eats Facebook page also blew up, proving the power of the MEMernet.

Lloyd, Lloyd

Lloyd Crawford was easily the most-famous star of the MEMernet in 2020. A video captured him confronting a Black Lives Matter supporter in Germantown, telling him, “I’d like you out of my town, quick.” Crawford waddled away leaving many to wonder if he was drunk or (as one on Twitter speculated) he “shate his pants.”

Tweet of the Year

“I thought for sure it would be a Trump war that would bring us ruin. I would never have guessed it would be a plague.” — John Paul Keith

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MEMernet: Lloyd Crawford, Underwear, and Pride Paint

MEMernet is a weekly roundup of Memphis on the World Wide Web.

Lordy, Lloyd
Does everyone in Shelby County know Lloyd Crawford by now?

If so, they might even know his company, work address, phone number, email address, and some other, uh, observations about him. How? Well, he showed us. By “us” I mean every single person on the entire internet.

On Saturday, Twitter user @edwardnelson4tn was holding a Black Lives Matter poster on a street in Germantown. He said he got stares, a few middle fingers, and some shouts from passing cars. But Lloyd Crawford took it many physical steps further.

Here you go:

MEMernet: Lloyd Crawford, Underwear, and Pride Paint

Lordy, Lloyd.

He was trending on Memphis Twitter over the weekend. By Monday morning, the 36-second video had been seen nearly 528,000 times.

Memphis internet people marveled at Crawford’s bold flash of his business card. Wendi Thomas had the best one.  

Others were concerned, saying showing Crawford’s information was indeed an attempt to “dox” him.

Others noted the Trump sticker on Crawford’s car, his short fingernails, and the, uh, peculiar way he walked off.

WMCTV received a statement from Crawford’s company, Financial Consulting Group, on Sunday. The statement said “the white man protestor” egged Crawford on and some other stuff. But the writing of the statement itself led many to wonder if it is real at all. The Memphis Flyer requested a statement from the company on Crawford (asking whether or not the man would remain with the company) but had not received one as of press time.


Safety Underwear
The city of Memphis urged citizens to treat their face masks like underwear. It’s actually pretty solid advice.

MEMernet: Lloyd Crawford, Underwear, and Pride Paint (4)

Pride Paint
Satisfying on so many levels, Mid-South Pride live-streamed Sunday’s painting of the rainbow crosswalk in Cooper-Young.

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Germantown on Viral Video: ‘Our Community Is For Everyone’

Germantown on Viral Video: ‘Our Community Is For Everyone’ (3)

Germantown officials issued an official statement on a viral video that sparked protests in the Memphis suburb Monday.

Protestors showed up at the home and workplace of resident Lloyd Crawford, a man caught in the video telling a man holding a Black Lives Matter poster he was not welcome in the city.

Germantown on Viral Video: ‘Our Community Is For Everyone’ (4)

Germantown’s statement began with a nod to the Constitution’s First Amendment, noting its rights “are protected and respected by the City of Germantown.”


“We also want to be clear — our community is for everyone. You are welcome. You are safe.

The city of Germantown takes pride in the diversity of our community. The way we conduct ourselves professionally and personally means we carry out our duties ethically and with compassion toward the community that we serve.

Germantown on Viral Video: ‘Our Community Is For Everyone’

“We treat all people equitably regardless of background, race, religion, political views, or orientation. We expect human decency. Our workforce is built upon a foundation of positive relationships and mutual trust. There is no room for racism and no room for personal violence in our community.”

Germantown Mayor Mike Palazzolo said, “The voice of one individual does not represent the voices of the more than 40,000 people who call Germantown their home Our community values a culture of excellence and kindness, and this incident does not reflect who we are as a community.”