City Council members say perception and data go together in fighting crime
From left to right: Memphis City Council memers Pearl Walker and Jerri Green appeared on “Behind The Headlines” to talk about crime. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Perception and fear have to be part of the conversation when political leaders are weighing solutions for Memphis’ crime problem, they say.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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