Blackburn and Hagerty cite Memphis violence in call for federal funding to fight violent crime
The proposed “Restoring Law and Order Act” would include federal grant programs for more police and detectives focused on violent crime as well as a General Accounting Office examination of delays in processing rape kits.
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