Garner: What Republican leaders are doing to fight crime
Kristina Garner
Kristina Garner is a former executive director of the Republican Party of Shelby County, has worked on numerous campaigns for local candidates, and has served the community on multiple boards and commissions. She has also owned her own media freelance business for 20 years. She has called Germantown home since 2003.
“Crime is not an entity. It is criminals that have the stranglehold on Memphis. You might call them robbers, rapists, thugs, punks or gangs, but they are also Memphians, Memphis-made.”
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