Guest Column: US Attorney Ritz on ‘doubling down’ on crime
Kevin G Ritz
Kevin G. Ritz is U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.
“As United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, I know that Memphians are sick and tired of gun violence and violent crime. I am too.”
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