Lawmakers Split on National Guard Deployment in Memphis

TN State Rep.: Trump Uses “Black Criminality” Myth to Take Over Black-Led Cities

President Trump signed an order authorizing the deployment of National Guard troops to Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday. The order also creates a so-called safe task force, which Trump claims will address violent crime in the city. Law enforcement officers from several federal agencies will also be dispatched to Memphis, including the FBI, DEA, ICE and Homeland Security. “This is nothing more… Source

Editor’s notebook: Tennessee governor’s lack of political spine apparent in treatment of Memphis

Weeks after saying he had no plans to send National Guard troops to Memphis, Lee said he had been in communication with the Trump administration for months about the issue. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)The first time I visited Memphis was in July 1978, and my family had taken a weekend trip so my older brother could tour the college then called Southwestern at Memphis, now Rhodes College.  At 14, I’d been few places outside my hometo…

Trump Directs National Guard To Takeover Memphis After Chicago Officials Pushback Against The President Sending The Military To Their City

by Leo Hohmann, Leo’s Newsletter: Interestingly enough, the Memphis Police Department bragged last week that it has seen a 25-year-low on crimes. After threatening to send the National Guard to Chicago, Illinois, to help clean up the city and bring down the crime level, President Donald Trump appears to have quietly backed off on that […]

Tennessee's governor welcomed the National Guard. Illinois' JB Pritzker is a hard no.

Trump on Monday said he planned to send National Guard troops to Memphis. The news gives fresh relevance to NPR's recent interview with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who declined to ask for the military.

Lawmakers split on National Guard deployment in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WKRN) — President Donald Trump will send the National Guard to Memphis after White House officials cited rising crime in the city. In the Oval Office on Monday, Trump sat beside Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and announced the "Memphis Safe Task Force" — a federal initiative that includes the FBI, DEA, ATF, ICE, U.S. Marshals and other agencies. "The numbers are really something. They're really bad," Trump said. He added that people in …