[Correction: An earlier version of this story misidentified the mall.]

Good morning from Memphis, which is readying for Election Day tomorrow. But first...

Walking into Wolfchase Galleria with a hooded sweatshirt — even if the hood isn't over your head — could mean off-duty Memphis police officers will arrest you, apparently.

That's what happened to one young black man Saturday, according to former CA reporter Kevin McKenzie, who was also detained for filming the confrontation. McKenzie, who is also black, describes what happened after he was told to stop filming:

A moment’s hesitation as I continued to hold my phone up earned me an order to leave. Within seconds, a white Memphis police officer stepped in to tell me I would be arrested if I didn’t leave. Before I could respond, he twisted my arms behind me and placed me in handcuffs and marched me down the escalator to a back office at the mall. Along the way, I argued that the mall’s hoodie policy was discriminatory. The officers argued that the mall, run by Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group, is private property and sets its own rules. But it wasn’t Simon or Wolfchase guards enforcing the mall policies. The Memphis police officers making arrests were off-duty and moonlighting, I was told. But they are taxpayer-trained and equipped, wear their MPD uniforms while working for the mall and claim the same authority as any police officer. They use public trespass law as the teeth to enforce this hoodie policy. In a predominantly African American area like Memphis and Shelby County, it clearly disproportionately targets young black men.

[The public relations team for the Wolfchase Galleria released a statement after this story posted. Read it in this follow-up column.]

The officers and deputies involved claimed the privately owned mall had a policy against hoodies, as well against filming, and detained the two men for not leaving immediately. After a time-wasting trip Downtown and eventually back to the mall, the ordeal ended with citations for the men from the police and bans from the mall.

All for wearing a hoodie and for documenting the response.

The mall code of conduct only requires "appropriate clothing" and forbids filming "for commercial uses." If the mall had a policy against hoodies over the head — or anything that could mask people's faces from security cameras — I could understand. But what the mall is doing is treating patrons like criminals.

People are understandably outraged. Here's former Memphis City Council member TaJuan Stout Mitchell's response to McKenzie's account, posted on the Facebook:

I won’t shop at Wolfchase until they offer and explanation, apology and change in policy. Secondly, NAACP and Black Lives Matter please speak up. Deidre Malone and Tami Sawyer. Since when did a hoodie become a threat? Finally, Kevin has a right to be a concerned citizen. The Police Director should let us know where he is on this. Unbelievable and I am sorry that happened.

The mall's actions will probably alienate its already diminishing customer base — which is unfortunate, considering a mall closure would be a loss for the community. If the mall operators are smart, they'll renounce the policy, reverse the bans, and instruct its contracted Memphis police officers and sheriff's deputies to take a bottle of chill pills.

Tomorrow is Election Day in Tennessee

The eyes of the nation will focus on Tennessee tomorrow as Republican Marsha Blackburn and Democrat Phil Bredesen face off for Bob Corker's U.S. Senate seat.

Bredesen, in Memphis last week, says the race is on a "knife-edge," as the Memphis Flyer notes. Polling backs that up, although Blackburn seems to have the advantage — partly thanks to her emphasis on party loyalty in a conservative, GOP-controlled state.

The stakes are high, with Democrats hoping to take back the Senate, and that's reflected in the record early voting turnout across the state — led by Shelby County, as our Jamie Munks reports. Our early turnout was higher than in either 2014 or 2010.

Interestingly, Bredesen has cast the election as a referendum on politics itself, saying he's uninterested in the "bloodsport" that defines the current political moment. Blackburn, on the other hand, has taken an approach that channels Trump, who has stumped for her at rallies in other parts of the state. A Blackburn win could signal the end of moderates' decades-long dominance in statewide politics.

As you ready for the election, here are some things to know:

Memphis City Council promotes referenda

The Memphis City Council voted recently to spend up to $40,000 to promote three referenda on city ballots tomorrow, as regular readers of this column already know.

Well, that money bought these ads by The Carter Malone Group featuring Memphis NAACP President Vickie Terry and Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner:

Opponents of the referenda took issue with the lack of any acknowledgement that taxpayer funds paid for the ads, especially. Congressman Steve Cohen was quoted in a release:

“They shouldn’t be using our tax dollars to fund a Vote Yes campaign in the first place, but if they do, they should disclose on every ad, email, and piece of literature that tax dollars are paying for it,” said Congressman Steve Cohen. “And they certainly shouldn’t imply that it’s all coming from a private group.”

Former City Council Chair Myron Lowery said something similar:

“The voters deserve to know when they’re being lobbied by their own money,” he said. “Anything less than full disclosure is downright deceptive.”

Wilbourn guilty, faces death penalty

Tremaine Wilbourn, who shot and killed Memphis police officer Sean Bolton in 2015, faces the death penalty after Bolton's family rejected an offer of life imprisonment, our Linda Moore reported yesterday. A jury will make that decision, using this criteria:

The law requires the state to prove one or more aggravating circumstances and prosecutor Leslie Byrd told the jury there were three. The murder was committed against a law enforcement officer, that Wilbourn had been convicted of another violent felony and that the purpose of the murder was to avoid lawful arrest.

Additional reading: Linda also wrote a helpful summary of facts related to Wilbourn's trial. Stay tuned at commercialappeal.com for more on this ongoing saga.

Recommended reading

The Fadeout

As part of its Back in Black & White tour, Postmodern Jukebox comes to The Orpheum in Memphis on Nov. 16, tickets starting at $39.50.

If you're unfamiliar with the band, it usually works with well-known crooners to put a 1920s-style spin on modern music hits — basically a cover band with pizzazz. For example, here's Puddles Pity Party performing "Stressed Out" by Twenty One Pilots:

Ryan Poe writes The 9:01 column, a morning news briefing that runs weekdays at 9:01 a.m. Reach him at poe@commercialappeal.com and on Twitter @ryanpoe.